We believe in the inerrancy and infallibility of the Latin Vulgate Bible confirmed by the Council of Trent and approved by Pope Clement VIII in AD 1592, and affirm our perfect conformity with all of its contents, including the seven deuterocanonical books, which are cited by the Lord Jesus Christ in the New Testament, confirming that they are as inspired like the other books of the Old Testament.

Not everything is in the Bible (John 21:25). Oral tradition (2 Thessalonians 2:15) is needed to interpret it (Acts 8:31). We believe in the twelve articles of the Apostles' Creed, each of which was spoken by one of the apostles.

(1) There is only one God; He is almighty; He created heaven and earth and all creatures contained therein.

(2) The Son of God is the second person of the Holy Trinity: He is eternal, omnipotent, God, Creator, and Lord like the Father; He was made man to save us at His Incarnation.

(3) The Son of God was incarnated in the most pure womb of the Blessed ever-Virgin Mary, through the work of the Holy Ghost, and was born in the days of Caesar Augustus.

(4) Jesus Christ, to redeem the world with His precious blood, suffered under Pontius Pilate, died on the Cross, and was buried.

(5) The soul of Jesus Christ, already separated from his body, went to the Limbo of the Holy Fathers and on the third day it was united again to his body, never to be separated.

(6) Jesus Christ, forty days after His resurrection, ascended by Himself to Heaven in the presence of His disciples, and is exalted above all the Angels and Saints.

(7) At the end of the world, Jesus Christ, full of glory and majesty, will come from heaven to judge all men, good and bad, and give each one the reward or punishment that he has deserved.

(8) The Holy Ghost, the third Person of the Holy Trinity, is eternal God, infinite, omnipotent, Creator and Lord of all things, like the Father and the Son.

(9) Jesus Christ founded on earth a visible society, the Catholic Church, and all who are part of this Church are in communion with each other: the saints in heaven, those still living and militating against the enemies of the soul, and those yet suffering in purgatory.

(10) Jesus Christ has left to His Church the power to forgive sins.

(11) All humans will be resurrected, each soul taking back its body.

(12) After the present life, there is another, either eternally blessed for those chosen in heaven or eternally unhappy for those condemned to hell.

Due to original sin (Psalm 51:5), one needs to be reborn with the washing of regeneration (Titus 3:5). For this reason, entire families including children are baptized (Acts 16:33) similar to the circumcision of the Old Covenant, which is not practiced by Catholics (Colossians 2:11). Being justified in His Blood (Romans 5:9) and keeping the commandments is necessary for justification (Romans 2:13). Our Lord Jesus Christ redeemed us through His death alone. He who endures to the end will be saved (Matthew 10:22), but those who commit mortal sins (1 John 5:16-17) can lose their Salvation and will go to hell (1 Corinthians 6:9-10) if they do not receive sacramental absolution from a priest or by a perfect act of contrition in extreme cases. The law of Moses does not justify (Galatians 2:16) as God made a new covenant, abrogating the old one (Hebrews 8:13) and its ceremonial laws (Acts 15:24). In accordance with Hebrew prophecy, Our Messiah was born in Bethlehem (Micheas 5:2), left Egypt (Osee 11:1), entered Jerusalem on a donkey (Zecharias 9:9), was betrayed by thirty pieces of silver (Zacharias 11:13), and was sacrificed for us (Isaias 53:5). Fire purges (Hebrews 12:23) the sins from the saved, since nothing impure will enter heaven (Apocalypse 21:27). Prayers and sacrifices are made for the dead (2 Maccabees 12:45; 15:12). We believe in seven sacraments (outward signs of inward grace): Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Matrimony, Holy Orders, and Extreme Unction.

We take uncompromising stances on social issues, condemning customs such as immodest fashions and the cremation of the deceased. Human life begins at conception; it must be respected and protected. Fertility is a blessing as to be fruitful and multiply is God's command (Genesis 1:28). Sodomy is a sin that cries out to Heaven for vengeance, as is withholding just wages from workers, and oppressing the poor. We pray for unbelievers in our Good Friday liturgy and refuse to change our faith or morals for political or societal reasons. Our precepts include to attend Mass on every Sunday and holy day of obligation, abstain from meat on most Fridays of the year, going to Confession at least once a year, and receiving the Holy Eucharist during Eastertide. Pope Pius XI in his encyclical Quas Primas instituted the Feast of Christ the King on the last Sunday of October, proclaiming the social reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ not just at the end of times. We reject the heresy of religious indifferentism and condemn laicism, the complete separation of Church and State.

To be Catholic, one must give intellectual assent to the Church's teachings, be baptized, and submit in principle to the Roman Pontiff. Jesus Christ set up the foundations for the Catholic Church after His resurrection, and the Church officially began on Pentecost in AD 33 when the Holy Ghost descended upon the Apostles. Over the last nearly two millennia, despite various sects splitting off from the Church into heresy and schism, the original Church has continued to preserve the Faith of the Apostles unchanged. Our Lord Jesus Christ appointed St. Peter (Matthew 16:18) as the first pope, who was succeeded by St. Linus, etc. in whose teachings there is no formal contradiction.

Catholics are expected to strive for holiness and avoid both sin and occasions of sin, made possible only by the grace of God. The Church is universal, and welcomes people regardless of location, class, or ancestry. Ordinarily, there is a bishop of Rome who holds universal jurisdiction and authority over all other bishops[...] We submit to all legitimate popes and pray for the election of a Catholic pope. [As of the time this is being written,] clerics follow the principle of epikeia to continue the ongoing sacrifice of the Mass, maintain apostolic succession, provide the sacraments, and care for the faithful using supplied extraordinary jurisdiction. We condemn all heresies and schisms that reject the sacrosanct dogma of papal infallibility defined at the First Vatican Council.

The Holy Ghost revealed to the Apostles a “Deposit of Faith,” which includes everything God wishes for men to know about Him. Jesus guaranteed the Holy Ghost would remain with the Catholic Church and preserve this Faith through its teaching authority. This is primarily done through the ordinary oral teaching in churches, but over the years, ecumenical councils and popes have formally defined various doctrines. These defined doctrines are always from the original Deposit of Faith, and are never innovative or new. The Church teaches that doctrine cannot ever be changed by any authority (Galatians 1:8). Anyone who publicly contradicts defined Catholic doctrine, by that fact alone cannot take and/or loses any office in the Church, including the papacy itself.

We believe that outside the one true Church there is no Salvation. “The most Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes and preaches that none of those existing outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans, but also Jews and heretics and schismatics, can have a share in life eternal; but that they will go into the eternal fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels, unless before death they are joined with Her,” infallibly decrees Pope Eugene IV in his 1441 bull. God gives every human what they need to go to Heaven, but most people reject it. The fewness of the saved is attested by Our Lord Jesus Christ in Matthew 7:14, “How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it!”

St. Thomas Aquinas teaches that to he who seeks good and shuns evil by the leading of natural reason, unless he culpably wishes to remain where he is, God will reveal to him what has to be believed either through internal inspiration or by a true preacher. Unbelievers who never hear the truth are damned for their other sins, not for their ignorance. People who die before reaching the use of reason without the sacrament of baptism will go to a part of hell where there is no fire called the limbo of the infants, as they have no actual sins to be punished for.

Hence, we seek to follow the Great Commission of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ... “Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.” (Matthew 28:19-20).