A proof-of-concept for a better online version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
To provide a more fitting digital home for one of the Church's great treasures, and to demonstrate how the Catechism can be better presented with modern web features.
Currently, there are at least seven websites with the English translation of the Catechism. All of these lack some, if not all, of the features listed in the next section.
There is also the Bible & Catechsim App from Ascension, which includes many of the features below. However, the app is available only on particular devices and users must have an account with an app store, whereas a simple web site has the advantage of being immediately and directly accessible by all modern web-capable devices.
Also, the app has functionality not directly related to the Catechism, which may result in a less-intuitive experience for users who are interested solely in the Catechism.
The existing sites do not appear to have the technical foundation for providing all the features this site is capable of:
This new site, with its architecture, provides opportunity for all these.
Much development work remains.
Licensing permission needs to be obtained before the text of the Catechism can be used (the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops holds the copyright for the English translation).
If you would like to see the code or contact the developer, please do so:
The sample text is from public domain Scripture translations, and its formatting is generated randomly.
Many features are not yet implemented, and the user interface is in a draft state.
You may click open cross-reference by clicking them, and you may navigate to paragraphs directly by the URL (e.g. www.catholiccatechism.app/en/192).