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This introduction is written by the Catechism’s general editor, Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, and the head of the Bishops Commission for the implementation of the Catechism, Joseph Cardinal Razinger. It provides helpful insights on how to read and study the Catechism. Included are a prehistory of the Catechism, an overview of its structure and contents, its major themes and methods, a special...

world, an arrangement which they do not wish to see upset by a qualified laity.2 Finally, it is natural that the Catechism should serve the original task of catechesis, evangelization. Among its intended readership are agnostics, seekers and inquirers, to whom it is offered as a help to becoming acquainted with what the Church teaches and tries to live. It must be admitted that in this area there was no lack of questions which we had to ask ourselves again and again in the commission: Is not the
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