Why doesn't RCIA teach about Eastern Catholicism?

[Vico]

I am a lifelong Latin rite Catholic interested in the Eastern Catholic Churches. I frequently attend the Byzantine Catholic Liturgy because of its beauty and holiness.
It is my belief that when a postulant enters an RCIA program (RCIA- Rite of Christian Initiation) he or she should be taught about Catholicism and the Universal Catholic Church and something about various Eastern Catholic rites that make up Universal Church. Of course the focus should be upon the rite that the postulant is interested in and that rite he/she plans to attend.
RCIA should be broad enough to teach something about the Universal Church and not just a narrow view of the Latin rite or Byzantine rite, etc.
Peter D. Aglione
Petradom737@aol.com

That is very good of you. A difficulty we may all grapple with is that there is no catholic at large, only on is Catholic by being an enrolled member of one of the 23 Catholic ritual Churches. It does seem that there is a lack of teaching about the Roman Curia and the communion of all the clergy and faithful. Last year my parish priest gave a graduate level college course on the eastern Churches. Do you suppose this is an advanced topic?

 

[paglione]

Indeed it is a very advanced topic.Your parish priest was wise to conceive the idea and give the course. I believe that the Catholic faithful should be made aware of the universality of the Catholic Church and its many traditions and customs. It would also be good to experience the Liturgy of a sister church. Many members of the Anglican Church have been admitted into the Catholic Church and many more will follow. There will be a day when the Orthodox Churches will be reunited in unity with the Catholic Church. So it is important for the faithful to understand the other traditions.
Peter D. Aglione
Petradom737@aol.com