The Compendium, which I now present to the Universal Church,
is a faithful and sure synthesis of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
It contains, in concise form, all the essential and fundamental elements of
the Church's faith ... In structure, contents and language, the Compendium
faithfully reflects the Catechism of the Catholic Church and will thus
assist in making the Catechism more widely known and more deeply understood
... I entrust this Compendium above all to the entire Church and, in
particular, to every Christian, in order that it may awaken in the Church
of the third millennium renewed zeal for evangelisation and education in
the faith, which ought to characterise every community in the Church and
every Christian believer, regardless of age or nationality.' -Pope Benedict
XVI