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The Eastern Catholic Churches are autonomous (in Latin, sui iuris) particular Churches in full communion with the Pope of Rome. They have the same basic beliefs as the Western Catholic Church and hold the same teaching about matters such as the importance and nature of the sacraments, apostolic succession of bishops and the central role of the Bishop of Rome within the College of Bishops. They differ in matters such as the form of liturgical worship, sacramental[1] and canonical discipline, terminology, traditional prayers and practices of piety. They preserve the special emphases and illuminations that Eastern Christianity has developed over the centuries, some of which Pope John Paul II illustrated in his apostolic letter Orientale Lumen of 2 May 1995.[2]