Old Catholic Church in Italy

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The Old Catholic Church in Italy is a Church consisting of Italians in Full communion with the see of Canterbury (the Anglican Church). So any Italian that is Part of This church can go and validly receive all of the sacraments in another Anglican church in the communion. Any member of the Anglican communion can also validly receive the sacriments in the Old Catholic Church of Italy.

The worship of the Old Catholic Churches is much like the worship of the Anglican Church. This particular Church has mass very much like the Anglican Church, A Church it is in full communion with. The Mass though, is in Italian. It also has its similarities with the Tridentine Mass. The Priest faces the Altar, the Deacon and the Subdeacon are also taking part in the mass, and there is an Altar Rail (usually).

The Old Catholic Church in Italy consists of Italians. When most people think of Anglicans in Italy, they usually think of People from another European Country Living in Italy. But this is a Church, that is not Anglican itself, but is in union with the Anglican Church (In the Anglican Communion) and consists of Italians. That is why there are some Italian-Americans in the American Episcopal (Anglican) church.