The Catholic view of salvation is often misunderstood by Protestants.
Many Protestants think that Catholicism teaches salvation by works.
The fact is that the Catholic Church does not teach salvation by works. The Catholic Church teaches that we are saved by God s grace alone. Not by our faith alone and not by our works alone, but by God s grace alone. Grace is a gift given to us by God without any merit on our part. The whole initiative is God s.