how many rites are there in the catholic church?

Answer 1

The right to leave?

Answer 2

There are three major groupings of Rites based on this initial transmission of the faith, the Roman, the Antiochian (Syria) and the Alexandrian (Egypt). Later on the Byzantine derived as a major Rite from the Antiochian, under the influence of St. Basil and St. John Chrysostom. From these four derive the 24 liturgical Rites present in the Church today. I've added the Tridentine, which was recently approved by the Pope.

Answer 3

In addition to the Latin (Roman) Rite Catholic Church, there are the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches that are in full communion with the Pope, and are part of the same universal Catholic Church, under the Pope.

Eastern Rite Catholic Churches include:

Alexandrian liturgical tradition
+ Coptic Catholic Church
+ Ethiopic Catholic Church

Antiochian (Antiochene or West-Syrian) liturgical tradition
+ Maronite Church
+ Syrian Catholic Church
+ Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Armenian liturgical tradition:
+ Armenian Catholic Church

Chaldean or East Syrian liturgical tradition:
+ Chaldean Catholic Church
+ Syro-Malabar Church

Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) liturgical tradition:
+ Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
+ Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
+ Byzantine Church of the Eparchy of Križevci
+ Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
+ Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
+ Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
+ Melkite Greek Catholic Church
+ Romanian Church
+ Russian Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Ruthenian Catholic Church
+ Slovak Greek Catholic Church
+ Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13121a.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic

With love in Christ.

Answer 4

1)Western with religious order and local and indult usages a) Latin and b)Ambrosian and Mozarabic
2)Byzantine with a)Greek and b)Slavonic with linguistic and ethnic subgroups
3)Armenian
4)Coptic Family with Egyptian and Ethiopian Rites
5)East Syrian with Chaldean and Indian Malabarese Rites
6) West Syrian with Aramean Syrian , Maronite and Indian Malankarese Rites

Answer 5

Over 20.
http://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/catholic_rites_and_churches.htm

Answer 6

"Rites"? -sacraments? =7. Actually there is only 6. One has a choice between holy orders and holy matrimony=can not have both.

Answer 7

Here's the googled answer from http://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/rites.htm

Answer 8

I am afraid they are all wrong.