A si said it would be good for you to go to the website www.Catholism.org
Believeing..when a child in the Catholic is learning the first of the prayers taught along with the I believe in God,the Hail Mary,the Our Father...are the ACTS of Faith ,Hope and Charity..
The Act of FAITH
O my God! I firmly believe that Thou art one God in three Divine persons,the Father ,the Son and the Holy Ghost; I believe that Thy Divine Son became man and died for our sins and that he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all the TRUTHS which the Holy Catholic Church teaches,because Thou hast revealed them, who canst neither deceive nor be deceived AMEN
Thus not believeing in more then the Bible is not the whole religion of the Catholic Faith..the Bible is the Word of God,AND the saints were those who came afterwards to this very day who loved Jesus and His Mother and His Church and follow His Commandments. It did not end with the Bible..it continues...from the Apostles to the pope to the Catholic Church and its teachings.
I will go that website. Thanks.
You mention acts of charity. I may get criticized for this, but I honestly believe that some of the most generous and charitable people in the world are those self-less and giving Catholics nuns and monks. I have seen some their work in orphanages in India when I visited. Three orphanages come to mind: one in Chennai/Madras (on St Thomas Mount), one in Tirapatur, and one in Bangalore. These are run by different orders of nuns. The one in Bangalore is from the Missionaries of Charity, which was Mother Teresa's order. In all cases, I saw the orphanages were clean and well-kept. The nuns treated the children well, even the disabled ones that had been abandoned by their families. I was really impressed, especially in contrast to the terrible conditions of orphanages in Romania which were shown on the tv at the time.
I have a sponsor gran through Help The Aged in a senior's home in Sri Lanka. This home is run by the Little Sisters of the Poor. They also do a marvellous work. This home, luckily, escaped the tsunami, but took in 200 families temporarily. I just got a letter from the nuns and they are still helping out some local families.
These nuns and monks do their charity works quietly, without any honour given to them, but I believe they will be given the title "good and faithful servants" on the day of judgment.