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Vatican says
Catholics an app for your iPhone can’t replace a visit to the
confessional
By Michael Sheridan, Staff Writer
Wednesday, February 9th 2011
Officials in Rome have declared that an app available on Apple’s
iPhones, iPads and the iPod touch cannot serve as a confessional.
“One cannot speak in any way of confessing via iPhone,” Federico
Lombardi, the Vatican’s spokesman, said in a statement. “This cannot be
substituted by any IT application.”
Confession: A Roman Catholic app walks Catholics through the sacrament.
It also keeps track of your sins and the time between confessions,
information it keeps locked away via password protection.
Created for “those who frequent the sacrament and those who wish to
return,” the Indianapolis-based developers Little iApps says the
Confession was meant to be used while in the confessional, but not as a
replacement for it.
“This app invites Catholics to prayerfully prepare for and participate
in the Rite of Penance,” it said in a press release.
The company claims the app received an “imprimatur” from Bishop Kevin
C. Rhodes of the Diocese of Fort Wayne, suggesting it was approved by
the Catholic Church.
With News Wire Services
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