Catholics Our church is the One True Church . Mary is sinless , ascended to heaven , it ' s okay to pray to saints , you have to confess sins to a priest from the One True Church or you ' re not forgiven . Also you should give your money to the One True Church and they can shorten your time in purgatory so that you get to heaven quicker . We ' re right because we can trace our way back to the Apostles . Sigh . We ask Saints for intercession . They ' re alive in Christ . I ' m not going to debate , I ' m explaining our actual beliefs . You can ' t give money to be forgiven or get to Heaven quicker . Catholics believe that the gates of Hades won ' t prevail about the Church as promised by Christ . The Magisterium has been protected for nearly two millennia . Perfect Contrition forgives sins , Priests act in Persona Christi for the capacity to forgive sins , a faculty given to the Apostles in the Bible by Christ . The Bible Canon was compiled by the CatholicOrthodox Church . You could use less rhetoric and actually answer truthfully next time , or not at all .