What is Catholicism? Is it just a tradition that has managed to stay alive for over two thousand years? Is it a worldview? A way of life? Robert Barron begins to explain it from the ground up: the birth of Christ, his life and teachings. From there, he presents the elements that define Catholicism - the sacraments, prayer, the Virgin Mary and the saints, grace, heaven and hell, etc. - through art and literature, philosophy, theology and history, introducing some personal stories. Catholicism is an intimate journey, capturing "the Catholic" in all its beauty and depth through contemporary and accessible language. It has already been read by hundreds of thousands of people around the world.
Barron in speaking about the Church's doctrine on the salvation of souls states that "since Christ went to the limits of abandonment to God to establish solidarity even with those farthest from grace, one can, as Hans Urs von Balthasar insisted, hope that all will find salvation. Once again, this is not related not to our perfection but to God's amazing grace."