Father Oscar Lukefahr, a leading expert on Catholic teaching, has created a user-friendly guide to the Catechism. It provides a summary of the Catechism's content, explains difficult issues, and draws attention to areas of special importance -- all in Father Lukefahr's popular, easy-to-ready style!
The Catechism Handbook by Father Oscar Lukefahr is a brief, but succinct, summary of the immensely more dense Catechism of the Catholic Church. This book may be not as well-known as the Compendium, and certainly is not a valid replacement of the aforementioned Catechism, but it is still a fine, well-written summary of the beliefs of the Catholic Church. The book is easily accessible and readable for anybody who is keenly interested in learning more about the Catholic faith.