Bless me iPhone for I have sinned

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NEW YORK – An iPhone app aimed at helping Catholics through confession and encouraging lapsed followers back to the faith has been sanctioned by the Catholic Church in the United States.
Confession: A Roman Catholic app, thought to be the first to be approved by a church authority, walks Catholics through the sacrament and contains what the company behind the program describes as a "personalized examination of conscience for each user".
"Our desire is to invite Catholics to engage in their faith through digital technology," said Patrick Leinen of the three-man company Little iApps, based in South Bend, Indiana.
"Taking to heart Pope Benedict XVI's message from last years' World Communications Address, our goal with this project is to offer a digital application that is truly 'new media at the service of the word."
Pope Benedict XVI's World Communications Address on January 24 emphasized the importance of a Christian presence in the digital world.
The firm said the content of the app was developed with the help of Reverend Thomas Weinandy of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Reverend Dan Scheidt, pastor of Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Mishawaka, Indiana.
The app is not designed to replace going to confession but to help Catholics through the act, which generally involves admitting sins to a priest in a confessional booth. Catholics still must go to a priest for absolution.
Little iApps said Bishop Kevin Rhoades, of the Diocese of Fort Wayne in Indiana, officially authorized the app for Catholics to use.
"It has been approved by Bishop Kevin Rhoades," said Weinandy.
Leinen said the app has already aided one man in returning to the sacrament after 20 years.
"We hope many more will take advantage of this new confession resource," he added.
The app retails for $1.99.
 

NickHouston

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$2? For religion apps? Sounds like the church trying to get more $$$

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i mean, it should be free:/
 

MasterCLiP

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This app also requires you to reject the Droid and all it's unholiness.

I got a bible app for free :D use it in chruch!
 

WaLLy

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$2? For religion apps? Sounds like the church trying to get more $$$

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i mean, it should be free:/

Sometimes, developers try to break even. By that I mean, developers have to pay Apple for getting some sort of Dev account which costs around: $100/year. If anything is extra, then that's the bonus.

You gotta think about it, even though Church and the word of God may be free; paying the folks to create this 'app' may not have been free.
 

TheDude

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LOL!!! Yea, the church is trying to break even. Kinda like when they were selling all that crap when Martin Luther was around. Oh, he was just a crazy bastard for hating the catholic church......right?

They should advertise this app with like - "The Pope's #1 Favorite App in the iTunes Store" or "Jesus uses Apple Products" or "iPhone....the only smartphone that is proven to save you from fiery eternity."
 
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NickHouston

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LOL!!! Yea, the church is trying to break even. Kinda like when they were selling all that crap when Martin Luther was around. Oh, he was just a crazy bastard for hating the catholic church......right?

They should advertise this app with like - "The Pope's #1 Favorite App in the iTunes Store" or "Jesus uses Apple Products" or "iPhone....the only smartphone that is proven to save you from fiery eternity."

Are you referring to the things that said if you buy them you will go to heaven and if you dont then you will die faster or something like tht


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felon

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lol as if it is $2, it's not like the catholic church is worth $ 3 trillion or anything -_-
 
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