Press Release
Ignatius Press offers YOUCAT in Spanish
Publisher offers world’s best-selling Catholic book to U.S. in second language
SAN FRANCISCO, July 11, 2012 – Ignatius Press is now offering YOUCAT – the Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church and the best-selling Catholic book in the world – to the U.S. market in English and Spanish editions. The Ignatius Press Spanish edition of YOUCAT is available now at http://www.ignatius.com/IProducts/162307/youcat-espanol.aspx.
In his foreword to YOUCAT, Pope Benedict XVI urges readers to “study this Catechism with passion and perseverance.” The book’s amazing, global popularity – with more than 2 million copies already sold around the globe – suggests that millions of Catholics have embraced the Holy Father’s call.
YOUCAT – Bestselling Catholic book in the world!
Youth Catechism passes 1.7 million in global sales; also No. 1 in U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 16, 2012 – In his foreword to YOUCAT – the Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church – Pope Benedict XVI urges readers to “study this Catechism with passion and perseverance.” The book’s amazing, global popularity suggests that millions of Catholics have embraced the Holy Father’s call.
YOUCAT now ranks as the best-selling Catholic book in the world, with more than 1.7 million copies already sold around the globe. Not surprisingly, the Youth Catechism is at the top of Catholic-book sales rankings in America, Germany and Spain. Ignatius Press published the English-language edition of YOUCAT for the U.S.
YOUCAT will reach 40,000 North American Catholic
teens this summer!
Partnership with Franciscan University includes YOUCAT at 18 Steubenville Conferences
SAN FRANCISCO, June 7, 2011 –YOUCAT, the Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church, will impact more than 40,000 Catholic teens in the United States and Canada this summer – even before the book is widely distributed during 2011 World Youth Day in Madrid.
Ignatius Press, publishers of the English-language edition of the book, and Franciscan University of Steubenville have formed a partnership that will bring YOUCAT to 17 Steubenville Conferences in the U.S. and one in Canada – and includes the development of a “Jeopardy-style game show” featuring content from the book.
