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Woops - you forgot to read the whole book to get the context. Here is what else the Catechism has to say about St. Peter:

CCC paragraph 881: The Lord made Simon alone, whom he named Peter, the "rock" of his Church. He gave him the keys of his Church and instituted him shepherd of the whole flock. "The office of binding and loosing which was given to Peter was also assigned to the college of apostles united to its head." This pastoral office of Peter and the other apostles belongs to the Church's very foundation and is continued by the bishops under the primacy of the Pope.

Read the entire Catechism? No I haven't. Have you? I did; however, read Paragraph 881. I took the liberty of highlighting the operative word. There is a massive difference between a claim that Peter is the rock of his Church and the claim that Peter is the Rock.

1Corinthians 10:
[4] and all drank the same supernatural drink. For they drank from the supernatural Rock which followed them, and the Rock was Christ.

According to Scripture there is only one Rock upon which the Church is built.
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Of course one as familiar with the Catechism as you didn't miss the following:

552 Simon Peter holds the first place in the college of the Twelve; (283) Jesus entrusted a unique mission to him. Through a revelation from the Father, Peter had confessed: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Our Lord then declared to him: "You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it." (284) Christ, the "living Stone", (285) thus assures his Church, built on Peter, of victory over the powers of death. Because of the faith he confessed Peter will remain the unshakeable rock of the Church. His mission will be to keep this faith from every lapse and to strengthen his brothers in it. (286)

I'm not surprised that you might be confused by the choice of words in the three seperate Paragraphs. If all else fails, try Scripture.

Christ, the "living Stone", (285) thus assures his Church, built on Peter, of victory over the powers of death. Because of the faith he confessed Peter will remain the unshakeable rock of the Church.

Reggie, no one is arguing that every reference to rock in the Bible is referring to Peter. Talk about strawmen!

What about the above is unclear to you? Peter will remain the unshakeable rock of the Church. And the Church is "built on Peter."

According to Scripture there is only one Rock upon which the Church is built.

You spelled "Reggie" wrong. According to Reggie, there is only....