Father Романо Скальфи (1923-2016), catholic priest, founder of fund, is "Christian Russia", popularizer of east christian tradition."Short history of Catholic Church" is the labour of father Романо Скальфи, called in a laconic and accessible form to acquaint the wide circle of readers with basic landmarks in history of Catholic Church. Description of historical events and major personalias is complemented by self-controls from different writing sources: letters, treatises, messages that help deeper to comprehend influence of separate experience of faith on the present look of Catholic Church. The third edition of book, corrected and complemented, goes out already after death of father Романо, but still saves his living syllable and exceptional attentiveness in exposition of scale historical way to Catholic Church, that, indisputably, disposes to itself as experience researcher, so casual reader being at the beginning of the acquaintance with church history.