“There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.”  --Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

"To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant." --St. John Henry Cardinal Newman (convert from Anglicanism)

Here staff apologist Steve O'Keefe has written extensively on topics which explain in a clear and accessible manner what Catholics believe. Some articles from other sources are also on our site. This will appeal to:

1.) Catholics desiring to develop proficiency in apologetics, defending their faith enagaing both scriptural and non-scriptural arguments.
2.) Catholics desiring to deepen the overall knowledge of their faith.
3.) Non-Catholics often get bad or inaccurate information on what Catholics believe. We seek to inform you accurately what Catholics actually believe.
4.) Non-Catholics who begin to questions their own held beliefs based on encounter with newly-discovered Scripture passages which call into question previously held beliefs which friends and clergy are unable to address in a satisfying manner. Many non-Catholics become Catholic following this path.

A common scenario for Protestants involves discovery of Scripture which contradicts the teachings they received from their particlar denomination. The Center for Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, which is evangelical Protestant, estimates that there are currently 47,000 Protestasnt denominations(1). Owing to disagreements, often scriptural, new denominations come into existence reguarly. Calling to mind the Tower of Babel, this, along with other arguments, calls into question one of the five cherished Protestant solas: sola scriptura. This process of questioning is perhaps the number one reason Protestants become Catholic, their finding out that Catholicism has answers for all of these issues and in Catholicism they find peace and rest in a fullness of truth not available in any other religion.

Tremendous insight in understanding the process of learning and conversion is also available online at Catholics Come Home and the Coming Home Network.

(1) Stephen Beale, Just How Many Protestant Denominations Are There? National Catholic Register, https://www.ncregister.com/blog/just-how-many-protestant-denominations-are-there (accessed 11/7/23)
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The five "solas" of Protestantism are:
1.) sola scriptura (Scripture alone); 2.) solus Christus (Christ alone); 3.) sola fide (faith alone); 4.) sola gratia (grace alone); and, 5.) soli Deo gloria (glory to God alone).