THE MARONITES, AN EASTERN RITE CATHOLIC CHURCH, PROFESS THE SAME APOSTOLIC FAITH, CELEBRATE THE SAME MYSTERIES (SACRAMENTS) AND ARE UNITED WITH THE CHIEF SHEPHERD OF THE CHURCH, THE POPE, AS are ALL ROMAN CATHOLICS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN DISTINCT THEOLOGY, SPIRITUALITY, LITURGY AND CODE OF CANON LAW.
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