3. These individual Churches, whether of the East or the West, although they differ somewhat among themselves in rite (to use the current phrase), that is, in liturgy, ecclesiastical discipline, and spiritual heritage, are, nevertheless, each as much as the others, entrusted to the pastoral government of the Roman Pontiff, the divinely appointed successor of St. Peter in primacy over the universal Church.
Riti mbalimbali zina heshima ileile 3. Makanisa haya maalum, ya Mashariki kama vile ya Magharibi, hutofautiana kwa sehemu fulani kwa sababu ya yale yaitwayo riti; yaani liturujia, nidhamu ya kikanisa na urithi wake wa kiroho; lakini hata hivyo yamekabidhiwa vilevile kwa uongozi wa kichungaji wa Baba Mtakatifu wa Roma ambaye kwa mapenzi ya Mungu yu halifa wa Mtakatifu Petro katika mamlaka kuu juu ya Kanisa lote ulimwenguni.