Variety, we are told, is the spice of life. As those of us in the Latin rite continue to celebrate Christmas, let’s not forget that in the Eastern rites it won’t be celebrated liturgically until the end of the first week of January. Such pluriformity is the fruit of the inclusion of a number of historic expressions of the faith which now fall within the ambit of the Holy See. It speaks of the richness and colour of the tapestry whose warp and weft makes up the fullness of the life of the Church.