What is the Latin Church and what is its difference to the Roman Catholic Church?

[Ilovejesus1234]

What is the Latin Church(or Latin Catholic Church), and what is its direct difference to the Roman Catholic Church. Mind helping me out?

Also hoping to verify that I am reading this right and that deacons can baptize people in the USA Roman Catholic Division under the USCCB. The reason I posted this was because I was puzzled by the words “Latin Church”… Here you go

 

[Micosil]

The Catholic Church is made up of the Latin Church (also known as the Roman Church or the Western Church) and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, all 24 (23 Eastern + 1 Western) in communion with the bishop of Rome, the Pope.

The Catechism there is clarifying that in the Eastern Catholic rites or churches, the deacon is not permitted to perform the Sacraments. See this link for example.

In addition to reading the Gospel and assisting in the administration of Holy Communion, the deacon censes the icons and people, calls the people to prayer, leads the litanies, and has a role in the dialogue of the Anaphora. In keeping with Eastern tradition he is not permitted to perform any Sacred Mysteries (sacraments) on his own, except for Baptism in extremis (in danger of death), conditions under which anyone, including the laity, may baptize. When assisting at a normal baptism, it is often the deacon who goes down into the water with the one being baptized (Acts 8:38). In contrast to the Roman Catholic Church, deacons in the Eastern Churches may not preside at the celebration of marriages, as in Eastern theology the sacrament is conferred by the nuptial blessing of a priest.

It should be noted that these are traditions, lower-case t, and are regulated as such. The Traditions, upper-case T, the teaching authority of the Magisterium, the Deposit of Faith, etc. must be identical throughout the Catholic Church in all rites and churches, of course.

 

[PaulfromIowa]

In the Eastern Catholic Churches, the Sacraments of Confirmation/Chrismation and First Holy Communion are given immediately after Baptism. Deacons cannot Confirm or consecrate the Eucharist so, ordinarily, only bishops and presbyters/priests baptize in the Eastern Churches. In the Latin Catholic Church, infants are baptized but not Confirmed or given Fist Communion, so Baptism can be performed by deacons.

In an emergency/danger of death, anyone can baptize.

V. WHO CAN BAPTIZE?

1256 The ordinary ministers of Baptism are the bishop and priest and, in the Latin Church, also the deacon.57 In case of necessity, anyone, even a non-baptized person, with the required intention, can baptize58 , by using the Trinitarian baptismal formula. The intention required is to will to do what the Church does when she baptizes. The Church finds the reason for this possibility in the universal saving will of God and the necessity of Baptism for salvation.59

 

[Memaw]

What is the Latin Church(or Latin Catholic Church), and what is its direct difference to the Roman Catholic Church. Mind helping me out?

Also hoping to verify that I am reading this right and that deacons can baptize people in the USA Roman Catholic Division under the USCCB. The reason I posted this was because I was puzzled by the words “Latin Church”… Here you go

One on the same Church. Yes Deacons can Baptize. God Bless, Memaw