The Catechism of the Catholic Church Compendium

The Compendium presents to the universal Church is a faithful and secure synthesis of the Catechism of the Catholic church. It contains in a concise way, all the fundamental elemens of the faith of the church, so as to constitute, as it was hoped by my Predecessor,a vademecum that will allow believers and non-believers, to embrace at a glance, the entire treasury of the Catholic Faith