it follows the teachings of the twelve Apostles who followed Christ Because she was founded by the apostles, Preserves and passes on the Apostles teaching through the Holy Spirit Continues to be taught, made holy and led by the Apostles through their successors, the bishops “Belonging to the apostolic church means being aware that our faith is anchored in the proclamation and the witness of the very Apostles of Jesus,” says our Holy Father, ”and for this we always feel sent, we feel delegated, in communion with the Apostles’, successors, to proclaim, with the heart, filled with joy, Christ and his love, to all mankind.