It is Jesus Christ who founded the Catholic Church. All history, religious and non-religious alike, including the Sacred Scripture, prove clearly that Jesus Christ founded the Church. After teaching publicly what he required all to believe and practice, thereby revealing the main doctrines of His Church, the Lord Jesus gathered a number of disciples. From these he chose twelve, to whom He gave special instruction and training. We know these twelve men as the Twelve Apostles. The Lord chose Simon, whom He called Peter, which means rock, and made St. Peter the First Apostle - thereby bestowing upon him authority to shepherd the newly founded Church.

Christ completed the founding of the Church just prior His Ascension as He commanded the Apostles to dispersed from the Holy City of Jerusalem and traveled throughout the ancient world spreading the Gospel, establishing local churches, and appointing bishops and priest to minister to the faithful. Soon four major centers of the Apostolic Faith emerged - Jerusalem , Antioch , Rome , and Alexandria .

Today, the Church faces the third millennium of Christianity, guided by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and governed by our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, Vicar of Christ and Successor of Saint Peter, she faces that unknown future with faith, hope and charity and a renewed spirit and dedication to her original mission to preach the Gospel to extend the Kingdom of Christ the ends of the earth.