Catholic particular churches in Italy: The Latin Church (absolute majority, uses Roman rite except in the Archdiocese of Milan where Ambrosian rite is used). The very small Italo-Albanian Catholic Church (one of Eastern Catholic Churches, uses Byzantine rite) divided into Territorial Abbacy of Saint Mary of Grottaferrata, Eparchy of Lungro and Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi. The Latin Church in Italy is organized into: 16 ecclesiastical regions (corresponding to the regions of Italy, with some consolidations). 42 ecclesiastical provinces divided into: 1 apostolic see (Diocese of Rome). 1 patriarchal see (Patriarchate of Venice). 40 metropolitan archdioceses. 20 archdioceses. 155 dioceses (see: List of Catholic dioceses in Italy). 2 territorial prelatures: Territorial Prelature of Loreto and Territorial Prelature of Pompei. 6 territorial abbeys: Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Montecassino, Montevergine, Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, La Trinità della Cava and Subiaco. 1 military ordinariate: Military Ordinariate in Italy. Catholic lay organizations Azione Cattolica (organization of the Catholic Action in Italy) Forum Oratori Italiani (umbrella of Catholic youth organizations and youth ministry) See also List of Catholic dioceses in Italy References Further reading Allum, Percy. “Uniformity Undone: Aspects of Catholic Culture in Postwar Italy,” in Zygmunt Guido Baranski, Robert Lumley, eds. Culture and Conflict in Postwar Italy: Essays on Mass and Popular Culture (1990) pp. 79–96. Allum, Percy. "From Two into One' The Faces of the Italian Christian Democratic Party." Party Politics 3.1 (1997): 23–52. Binchy, Daniel A. Church and State in Fascist Italy (Oxford UP 1941) 774pp Ignazi, Piero, and Spencer Wellhofer. "Territory, religion, and vote: nationalization of politics and the Catholic party in Italy." Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica 47.1 (2017): 21–43. Latourette, Kenneth Scott. Christianity in a Revolutionary Age, IV: The Twentieth Century in Europe: The Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Churches. (1958) pp 153–58. Pollard, John. Catholicism in Modern Italy: Religion, Society and Politics, 1861 to the Present (Routledge, 2008). a major scholarly history Pollard, John. "Pius XI's Promotion of the Italian Model of Catholic Action in the World-Wide Church." Journal of Ecclesiastical History 63.4 (2012): 758–784. Warner, Carolyn M. "Christian Democracy in Italy: An alternative path to religious party moderation." Party Politics 19.2 (2013): 256–276. Italy Catholicism in Italy Italian culture