Nice marble carved up in Blessed Rome, eh? This photo is from Saint Mary Major, the largest church in Rome dedicated in honor of Our Blessed Lady. Catholics from Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, etc., can read this glory!
It is true that missionaries of the Latin Rite have been laboring in various countries of the East for more than five centuries. The Roman Rite is a universal Rite for all nations. I spent some time with some missioners in Russia, it was a blessing (www.vladmission.org).
FYI: "Christ and the Popes," said Benedict XIV, "want all men to be Catholics, but all need not be Latin." (De Martinis, Op. cit., Art. 47, p. 621). The image of the two lungs is significant: East and West.
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