How can a Maronite Catholic become a Roman Catholic?

Question

When I was born, my father was a roman catholic and my mother was a maronite catholic. I know this would make me a roman catholic since I am what my father is. When I was 12, my father switched and became a maronite catholic since he attended a maronite church. At this point, did I become a maronite as well? The reason I am asking is that I have to know which one I am now to see what I must do (if anything) to get married in a Roman Catholic church. I am marrying a Roman catholic so I don't think being maronite will prevent me from doing this since he's roman and I know that after the wedding I will then be Roman. But I'd still like to know what rite I am now. Any advice on this would be great. Thanks!

Answer 1

Maronite Catholics are "Roman Catholics" since they are under the authority of the Pope, the Bishop of Rome. What you are speaking of here is the various rites of the Roman Catholic Church. The Latin Rite, also called the Roman Rite, is the largest rite of the Catholic Church. Other rites include the Maronite, Byzantine, Coptic, Armenian, Syriac and Chaldean Rites, but all of these are members of the one Catholic Church under the headship of the Bishop of Rome. Therefore marriage between members of differing rites is never a problem as it does not constitute an interfaith marriage.

Answer 2

the two Maronite Catholics and Roman Catholics are Catholics--it is, in formal union with the Bishop of Rome. Roman Catholics use the liturgy of the Roman ceremony--the Mass and workplace common to maximum folk. Maronite Catholics tend to derive from Lebanon. Their liturgical language is Syriac, it is extremely close to to the Aramaic spoken with the aid of Christ and the Apostles. Their chief, 2d basically to the Pope, is a patriarch elected with the aid of their bishops and basically shown with the aid of the Holy See. they shelter their own diverse traditions, self-discipline of the sacraments, prayers, saints, canon regulation, etc. Maronites form an extremely super component to Lebanon's inhabitants, and are discovered anyplace Lebanese have emigrated. +IHS

Answer 3

The best bet would be to go talk to your parish priest so you can know for sure.

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