David Letterman turned top 10 lists into an art- using his “Late Show Top 10” as one of the most creative features of his long running program.  The original top 10 list was, of course, the commandments given by God to Moses outlining how we ought to live our lives.  In scripture, ten is meant to reflect perfection.  You’ll often read about 10 generations between important persons in the Bible, you’ll read about the 10 commandments, and the number 10 is also found in the apocalypse.  This tendency to appreciate 10 is probably why we make top 10 lists (and not top 9 or 12 or 27 lists.)

Part of the hope of this website is to help you make sense of the Catholic faith, and to that end, here’s a “top 10 list” of things we Catholics believe (broken into two parts, for length.  St. Peter writes: “always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope“ (1 Peter 3:15), so hopefully this helps you to better understand the reason for our hope…

Do you want to explore the faith further? Take a look at these resources I’ve created over the years: