Why is the Byzantine Catholic Church also called the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church? Fr. Hardon's *Catholic Dictionary* defines "Ruthenian Rite " as: >The liturgy used by the Ruthenian Catholics in Poland, the United States, and elsewhere. Said in the Slavonic language, it differs but slightly from the Byzantine Rite in the Orthodox Church. I've even seen such churches called Ukrainian.

When a layman is elected Pope, they are first ordained deacon, then priest, then consecrated bishop, then become Pope. For laymen in the Western Rite, it's safe to assume that their Deaconite is under the Western Rite, and same for their Priesthood and Bishophood. However, for a layman in an Eastern Rite, is their intermediary deaconite, priesthood, and bishophood under the Eastern Rite that they were respectively baptized in? Or are their intermediary positions under the Western Rite?

I am baptised **Maronite Catholic**, and my partner is **Chaldean Catholic**. My partner has never been a part of his Chaldean Church, never attended his church and has no involvement in his community. This has been the case since his father died when he was 3 years old in Iraq. Since that time, he fled Iraq with his mother and siblings as refugees and came to Melbourne, Australia. Despite there being Chaldean Churches in Melbourne, his mother would him and his siblings to local (Roman Catholic) churches to pray. Unfortunately, my partner's mother also passed away when he was 15 years old. From that time, he did not attend church at all and started losing his faith. On the other hand, I am baptised Maronite Catholic and have grown up attended my local Maronite church. Our Maronite priest is very close with my family and we have a strong relationship and bond with our church. Since my partner and I started dating, he has become heavily involved in the Maronite church and has redeveloped his faith. He considers our Maronite priest to be a strong figure in his life and often reaches out to him for guidance and support. We are getting married and we both wish to be married in the Maronite church by our Maronite priest. Given my partner was baptised as Chaldean, he is required to obtain 'Permission' from the Chaldean church to marry 'outside' of the Chaldean parish. The Chaldean church is refusing to provide this permission. According to Msgr. Paul MINGANA from St. Thomas Chaldean Cathedral NSW, from July 2019 Archbishop Amel Nona promulgated a law which stated that *no permission will be given to any Chaldean male from that date onwards, to get married in different rite, other than Chaldean Rite*. How is this possible? Is there a way around this? My partner is willing to be baptised as a Maronite if he needs to, but we have been advised that it is not possible to be baptised as a Catholic if you are already a Catholic. He has no involvement or connection with the Chaldean church. Can he change from the Chaldean rite to Maronite? Can he leave the Chaldean church? What are his options? Our wedding is only nine weeks away and this is becoming very urgent and causing us both a great deal of anxiety and stress. Thank you and God bless.

There are certain prayers in the Catholic Holy Mass across Rites, which the celebrant says in a hushed voice, barely audible to the faithful. In the pre-Vatican II days when both the faithful and the celebrant faced the altar, such “personal prayers” would not even be heard by the faithful. But now with the celebrant facing the faithful during the liturgical celebration, and with a microphone positioned near the former, the hushed prayer becomes audible and understood by the faithful. But then, why not make the prayer in a normal voice so that the faithful can hear it? My question therefore is: **What is the special significance of prayers said in a hushed voice by the celebrant during the Holy Mass of the Catholic Church?**