The comprehensive exposition of Catholic doctrine!

Here are the essential elements of our faith presented in the most understandable manner, enabling everyone to read and
know what the Church professes, celebrates, lives, and prays.

This second edition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church has been revised in accordance with the official Latin text promulgated by Pope John Paul II in 1997. It also has been enhanced by the addition of more than 100 pages that feature the following:
- An analytical index translated from the Latin text
- A glossary of terms

Includes the 2018 revision of no. 2267 promulgated by Pope Francis.

La exposición detallada de la doctrina católica!

Aquí están los elementos fundamentales de nuestra fe, presentados de la manera más comprensible, permitiendo que cada uno pueda conocer lo que la Iglesia profesa y celebra, lo que vive y ora.
Esta segunda edición del Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica ha sido revisada según el texto oficial en latín promulgado por el Papa Juan Pablo II en 1997. También ha sido mejorada con la inclusión de más de 100 páginas que ofrecen:
- Índice analítico traducido del texto en latín
- Glosario de términos usados
Incluye la revisión del 2018 del no. 2267 promulgada por el papa Francisco.

In recent years, there has been a growing theological-pastoral interest in ministerial service and ministries in the Church, with a particular emphasis on the diaconal ministry and role that deacons have in the Church. The Compendium on the Diaconate: A Resource for the Formation, Ministry, and Life of Permanent Deacons explores how bishops, along with their helpers, the priests and deacons, have taken up the service of community, exercising the divinely established ecclesiastical ministry on different levels. The Church is ministry, service, diaconia, and it is called to be of service to the many aspects and sectors of the Church.

This volume is a collection of fundamental texts for understanding the roots of the diaconate, understanding its ministerial specificity and its potential for development in today's world as well as the Church's pastoral care.

Catholics' hunger for the faith continues to grow. Pope Benedict XVI gives the Church the food that is seeks in the 598 questions and answers in the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. This 200-page volume offers a quick synopsis of the essential contents of the faith as promulgated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Like the Catechism, the Compendium has a four-part structure and includes a section on common prayers and Catholic doctrinal formulas. With the question-and-answer format, catechetical leaders-parents, pastors, teachers, principals, and catechists-have a unique opportunity to dialogue with the faithful, and reinvigorate the Church's ongoing mission of evangelization and catechesis. Individuals can come to know the unfathomable riches of the salvific mystery of Jesus Christ by reading, using, and memorizing parts of the Compendium.

An essential tool for youth and young adults, the Compendium is the perfect companion to a youth or young adult's Bible, spiritual reading, or textbook. Catechetical leaders in high schools, colleges, and parishes will appreciate its versatility as a reference book, discussion starter, or core resource for RCIA programs.

Fourteen images taken from masterpieces of Christian art set a tone for each part or section. The sacred images, with their beauty, are also a proclamation of the Gospel and express the splendor of the Catholic truth, explained Pope Benedict XVI.

The Compendium was prepared by a commission presided by the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Following the request for greater appreciation of the Catechism, and in order to meet a widespread need that emerged during the 2002 International Catechetical Congress, in 2003 the Holy Father established a special commission, presided by the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, that he charged with preparing a Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, containing a more concise and dialogic version of the same contents of Catholic faith and morals.

El Compendio, que ahora presento a la Iglesia Universal, es una síntesis fiel y segura del Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica. Contiene, de modo conciso, todos los elementos esenciales y fundamentales de la fe de la Iglesia . . . Entrego, por tanto, con confianza este Compendio, ante todo a la Iglesia entera y a cada cristiano en particular, para que, por medio de él, cada cual pueda encontrar, en este tercer milenio, nuevo impulso para renovar el compromiso de evangelización y educación de la fe que debe caracterizar a toda comunidad eclesial y a cada creyente en Cristo de cualquier edad y nación.