# Catholic Catechism, Compendium — Official text, Bible, search

> Official text, Bible, search (iPhone/iPad app by paulo fontes.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/catholic-catechism-compendium/id6770281772 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [paulo fontes](https://appshunter.io/developer/1850034066)
- Category: Reference, Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 131 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), Italian, European Portuguese, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-09-18
- Data updated: 2026-09-23
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/catholic-catechism-compendium/id6770281772/reviews.md

## What is Catholic Catechism, Compendium?

Every paragraph of the official text of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, in English, to read, search, learn and keep. Reading works without an internet connection.

A QUESTION A DAY
Each day brings a question many people ask, with the answer in the Catechism itself. You can receive it as a notification, at a time you choose, and keep the day's question on your Home Screen, in a widget.

SEARCH
A word, a topic, a question or a paragraph number. It searches the full text, the papal catecheses and the Bible. Paragraphs also appear in iPhone search.

READING PLANS
For a moment in life, such as: I am going to be a godparent, we are getting married in the Church, I have lost someone; or to go through the Catechism at your own pace: an article a day, or over a year. Plus the catecheses from the Wednesday audiences of Leo XIV, Francis, Benedict XVI and John Paul II.

THE COMPENDIUM ALONGSIDE
In every reading, the questions and answers of the Compendium of the Catechism that touch on what you are reading.

INDEXES
General, liturgical and biblical. Scripture citations open the passage without leaving the app, and so do the footnotes.

FOR UNHURRIED READING
Adjustable text size, dark theme, read aloud, bookmarks by category and notes (written by you).

PRIVACY
No accounts, no sign-up, no advertising. Privacy! What you save stays on your phone.

Three things need the internet: the reading of the day's Mass, the Compendium questions and the videos. None of them identifies you.
The text is the official English edition, from vatican.va. The app is made by the catecismo.pt team, for educational use.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 3.1.1 — 2026-09-22

New path: The road through the Catechism. The book in twenty-two stops, from the Prologue to the Amen. 
From any stop you can read it all, or only the «In brief» paragraphs, which take a few minutes.

Thank you for praying for us.

### 3.1.0 — 2026-09-21

The analytical index is now complete in Spanish, English, French and Italian: 590 terms and nearly 6,000 subterms, with references to the paragraphs of the Catechism.
Search within the analytical index, to find a topic without going through the whole letter.

Thank you for walking with us through the Catechism.
A prayer for those who make this app, and we pray for you.

### 3.0.0 — 2026-09-19

Now in five languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English, French and Italian.
New reading plans: the whole Catechism commented by Bishop José Ignacio Munilla, in Spanish, and six plans with Fr Luigi Maria Epicoco, in Italian.
Better support for iPad.

We hope you like it. Pray for us!

### 2.0.0 — 2026-09-18

No release notes.

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