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I think that Athanasius meant that while your immediate family was Sicilian RC, their ancestors were Italo-Greek. Most Sicilians were originally Greeks who throughout time became Italicized.
In Christ,
anastasios
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Christ teen you can convert to the Roman Catholic Church without going through the RCIA program. I�m not sure what it is like in your area but where I�m from the RCIA is not really an experience for the serious seeker. I signed up to learn more about the Catholic faith from Rome�s point of view but found that the faith was actually mention very little. It was just another social gathering with religion being incidental. I don�t mean to discourage you, don�t be afraid take the steps needed in the direction your going. One last thing. If you do enter a Catholic Church attend a parish with a faithful priest to the Holy Father in Rome. The orthodoxy (Latin not �O�rthodoxy) that is found in the Roman Church is exemplified in Pope John Paul II.
God bless,
Odo
Abba Isidore the Priest:
When I was younger and remained in my cell I set no limit to prayer; the night was for me as much the time of prayer as the day.
(p. 97, Isidore 4)
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Christ Teen, here is a message from the Orthodox world. While I am very happy that you would consider any Eastern Rite faith, I hope your mind is not closed to joining the Orthodox faith. Take a look at the www.goarch.org. [ goarch.org.] It is an excellent site. There are a number of other excellent Orthodox sites.
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Jport,
Thanks for the information. I have actually visited goarch numerous time, and have spent a couple months (maybe even three) researching the dividing issues between Orthodoxy and Catholicism, and the reasons for the divisions. After those months, I ultimately came to the decision that the Catholic Church not only holds the correct doctrines, but exemplifies itself as being the True Church; especially in its universal nature. At first, I really wasn't convinced that I *truly* thought this, and that I was partial to the Catholic Church because of its familiarity and its predominance over Orthodoxy, at least in America. However, I no longer feel this is the case, because I am very interested in being either Eastern Catholic (which is certainly no more common than Orthodoxy to America) or a traditional Roman Catholic (ditto). Anyhoo, I don't pretend to be an expert, and I may very well be wrong in my whole line of thinling, Kyrie eleison.
Soli Deo Gratia,
OMAchristianSGD
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