plantagenet,

Nothing odd about the use of the word 'Rite' it's in common usage.

Thanks for that on the Armenian Rite, just goes to shew that homosexual infiltration of the churchs is widespread; in fact, it's a catholic problem.

NNS,

There is a place to go to find the research. It's called the National Church Life Survey (NCLS) that coincides with the Australian census every 4 years.

See: http://www.ncls.org.au/research/

I view the current malaise of the Roman Catholic church as very similar to the situation it faced in the 16th century when Martin Luther exposed the hypocrisy of indulgences. Now, in the 20th and 21st centuries the church is facing public exposure of its hypocrisy regarding sexual conduct and caring for the vulnerable. As in the 16th century, the church is fighting back. History shows that they lost the earlier battle, and hopefully history will repeat itself again with the current situation. It's about time church officials accepted the reality that we no longer live in the 16th century correctly known as "The Dark Ages".