What is Catholicism?

From Christ himself, through the 12 apostles and the earliest Christian community, the Catholic Church has, for nearly 2,000 years, stretched across the globe.

Today more than a billion Catholics celebrate Mass in every country of the world.

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What makes Catholicism Unique?

If you look in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, you’ll read that the Catholic Church is “The Church established by Christ on the foundation of the Apostles, possessing the fullness of the means of salvation which he has willed: correct and complete confession of faith, full sacramental life, and ordained ministry in apostolic succession.

More simply, Scripture describes four characteristics which are proclaimed in the Nicene Creed. These four characteristics are all found in the Catholic Church.

The Catholic Church is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic.