VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The shortened, simplified version of the "Catechism of the Catholic Church" will be presented by Pope Benedict XVI during a June 28 liturgy at the Vatican and will be available in Italian bookstores the following day.
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A draft of the volume, in which church teaching is presented in a question-and-answer form, was sent for comment in early 2004 to all the cardinals and the presidents of bishops' conferences around the world.

The draft distributed in 2004 included an appendix with some common Christian prayers and standard formulas of Catholic doctrine.
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Read the complete article Simplified catechism to be released June 28 at Vatican liturgy from Catholic News Service.

I'm looking forward to seeing what they include in this abridged catechism. The CCC is a great work and I prize it highly, but despite all the 'theory', it does lack a bit in terms of 'externals'. Not that that is the point of a catechism, but such things like that are always good to know and learn about.