A MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOK OF THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH (UPDATED)

LEARN AND MASTER EVERYTHING ABOUT THE CATHOLIC TEACHINGS AND FAITH

To establish the faithful in the Catholic Faith, this book is composed of the text of the Catholic Catechism in an easy and user-friendly format.

This book is an effort by the Catholic catechetical institute to deliver the knowledge base of the Catholic faith and teaching to Catholic learners, Catholic families, and all Christians.

This Catechism book is one of the most beautiful of its kind in over several centuries. After the Second Vatican Council, which took place in 1962-1965, "It was essential for the Holy Catholic Church to convey its teachings to everyone living in the modern world," according to the Secretariat of Evangelization and Catechesis. Modern popes have encouraged every Catholic to study the Catholic Catechism, affirming that the Catechism helps Catholics grow in the light of faith, and by this same light, they may be light and witnesses to others and the world in general.

Catechism is divided into several parts: prayer, morality, sacraments, worship, and beliefs. This Catechism book is an invitation to encounter Catholic spirituality in light of the theological virtues of love, faith, and hope. This Catechism book also helps Christians grow in prayer and Catholic education.

This titanic and magnanimous book of Catholic faith draws from the teachings and documents of the scripture and church, the lives of the Saints, and the richness of the Catholic tradition. Truly, learning and living the Catholic Faith is an ongoing process throughout one's Catholic life. This Catechism, like a ladder, will help us ascend the mountain of faith, attain the love of God, and hope for the coming of God's kingdom.

The conference of bishops, in their exhortation, highlights the importance of the Catechism, which are the following:

• It conveys the essential and fundamental content of Catholic faith and morals in a complete and summary way.
• It is a point of reference for national and diocesan catechisms.
• It is a positive, objective and declarative exposition of Catholic doctrine.
• It is intended to assist those who have the duty to catechize, namely promoters and teachers of catechesis.

The Holy Scripture, itself, emphasizes the importance of the Catechism of the Church, our Catechism of the Catholic Church. In the following verses, we find some encouragement in our journey in the way of faith through the Catholic Catechism:

• There are difficult doctrines "which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction" (2 Peter 3:16).
• There are many deceivers (1 John 2:26).
• Leaders must raise up those who can "give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it." (Titus 1:9).
• We are required to "continue in the faith, stable and steadfast" (Colossians 1:23).
• We are urged to "attain to the unity of the . . . knowledge of the Son of God . . . so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about by every wind of doctrine" (Ephesians 4:13-14).

Indeed, every Catholic home should have the "Catechism of the Catholic Church'' as it was reaffirmed by the present Holy Father, Pope Francis, to be an important Catholic education tool.