So what is the difference?

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I will be baptized at Easter and become a member of the Catholic faith. I can’t ever figure out why some people in the parish call themselves Catholics while other call themselves Roman Cathoics. I know the Vatican is in Rome and our Holy father is there as well, so I assume that is where the Roman part comes from?
 
The link in the above post expalins pretty well and I hope you read it. I am a Byzantine Catholic, a memeber of one of the Eastern Catholic Church sui iuris that practice our liturgy in the Byzantine Rite. The universal Catholic Church is a communion of Churchs who are all in commuunion with the Pope of Rome, Eastern Catholics dont usually refer to themselves as Roman Catholics,that term applies to those in the Latin Church as you will be when you are received into the Catholic Church. Congratulations and welcome home!
 
As others have said Catholic would simply refer to anyone in communion with the Bishop of Rome, eastern or western. While Roman Catholic refers to anyone in the Latin (or Roman) rite of the Catholic Church. But some people treat the terms as if they’re the same since the Roman rite is the largest rite of the Catholic church by far.
 
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The link in the above post expalins pretty well and I hope you read it. I am a Byzantine Catholic, a memeber of one of the Eastern Catholic Church sui iuris that practice our liturgy in the Byzantine Rite. The universal Catholic Church is a communion of Churchs who are all in commuunion with the Pope of Rome, Eastern Catholics dont usually refer to themselves as Roman Catholics,that term applies to those in the Latin Church as you will be when you are received into the Catholic Church. Congratulations and welcome home!
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My wife is Slovak Byzantine and I have been to many Divine Liturgy’s. It is a stunning Mass as we in the Roman Rite call it and can partake in same liturgy. Just don’t “mouth” the spoon,lol. Samson
 
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