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Latin-rite Catholic priests must be celibate. Eastern-rite Catholic priests, like Eastern Orthodox priests, may marry before they are ordained, but if they do so, they may not become bishops. In Latin-Rite Catholic jurisdictions, the sacrament of confirmation may, with some exceptions, be licitly performed only by a bishop, and is usually given only to persons old enough to understand the importance of the sacrament. In Eastern-rite Catholic churches, that sacrament is administered by parish priests to newly baptized infants via the rite of chrismationChrismation is the name given in Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern-rite Catholic churches to the sacrament known as confirmation in the Latin Rite Catholic churches. It is so called because of the holy oil, or chrism which has been consecrated by a.

The Latin Rite is so-called because until the 1960sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around, Latin was used as the liturgicalFrom the Greek word λειτουργια, which can be transliterated as "leitourgia," meaning "the work of the people," a liturgy comprises a solemn religious ceremony, following a carefully prescribed f language in Catholic churches in "Western" countries. The Second Vatican CouncilThe Second Vatican Council or Vatican II was an Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church opened under Pope John XXIII in 1962 and closed under Pope Paul VI in 1965. It is not accepted by all who call themselves Catholics. Some attribute to it a les decided that the vernacularThis article treats vernacular language; see also vernacular architecture. The vernacular is the standard native language of a country or locality. In previous centuries scholarly work in western Europe was typically written in Latin, so the unusual works would be allowed as an optional alternative to Latin.

See also: CatholicismThis article considers Catholicism in the broadest ecclesiastical sense. See Catholicism (disambiguation) for alternative meanings Catholicism has two main ecclesiastical meanings, described in Webster's Dictionary as: a) "the whole orthodox Christian chu, Particular church, Anglican Use