510K views · 18K reactions |  HIGHLIGHTS | Pope Francis presided over the opening rites of the Mass for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul. He also gave the homily and prayed before the tomb of St. Peter after Mass with a delegation from the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. | Catholic News Agency | Facebook

I recently attended a Catholic Maronite Mass and was deeply moved by the prayers, the chanting, and the liturgy. I had to ask for a missal and was compelled to follow along word by word. Most people don’t know this but the Catholic Church consists of six different liturgical rites and within them, there are 24 particular Churches. These 24 Churches are all in communion with one another, are all part of the Catholic Church, and all recognize the primacy of the pope. The Latin or Roman Catholic Ch