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Hello.

It's my understanding that a Roman-Catholic can attend the Eastern-Rite services, receive communion and absolution, but that for the other mysteries they're expected to register in their regular local parish and make use of it for the religious education of their children, etc. marriage, etc.

Does this also apply in case a Roman-Catholic dies and wishes to be buried according to the rites of an Eastern-Catholic Church?

Thanks very much.

Father has done Parastas and burial for parish members regardless of whether they were BC or RC. In fact, he has done funeral and burial for non-members at the request of family members who are parishioners.

Rites of initiation are also open to children of RC couples. The child remains RC regardless.

Marriage and Holy Orders must, however, be Latin rite for RCs and Byzantine for BCs.

Sophia

I'm a Byzantine who was married in a Roman Catholic church (1975). I did, however, need to solicit permission from my BC bishop to do so. He did grant permission, with the understanding that any children from our union receive their Holy Mysteries of Initiation in the Byzantine Catholic Church. This we did with regard to all three of our children (actually, our desire had always been to baptize and chrismate our children into the Byzantine Catholic Church, and we would have done so even without the bishop's formal insistance).

Al

Why would the bishop insist such a thing, Al?

It is because of the fact the canon law states that the children of Catholics of different rates are automatically the same rite as the father?

Logos Teen

I was under the impression that the rite of the children followed the rite of the father, is not part of the new code of Canon law. anyone know if this is the case.

It seems a strange thing to be buried by a church that one did not attend in life. We pray for all sort of folk. I recall attending a ceremony where the Imperial family were mentioned and an icon commemorating their canonisation was placed on the back wall of the Russian Catholic Centre in Melbourne many years ago. Where the Russian Orthodox would not bury a person who was to be cremated the Byz Catholic priest did the service out of charity.

No. This provision remains a part of the CCEO. See canon 29: http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG1199/_PT.HTM

Peace,
Alex

or if both parents by agreement freely request it, with due regard for particular law established by the Apostolic See.

I suspect the 'OR' here changes the previous code in that there was no 'OR' to choose from. Therefore the parents can follow the rite of the father 'or' they may request that the child follow Mum's rite. No guarantee their request will be granted.