Forgiveness via iPhone: Church approves confession app
Even for the most ardent Catholic, it can sometimes be tricky making the time to confess your sins. So the Church, as part of a new technology-friendly push, has now approved an iPhone app that lets busy Catholics admit their wrongdoings while on the move.
Selling for $1.99, "Confession: A Roman Catholic App" was developed as an aid "for those who frequent the sacrament and those who wish to return," according to Little iApps, the firm behind the idea. Its makers insist it is not a replacement for confessing in person with a priest, but instead helps to keep track of all the evil things you have done since the last time you confessed by ticking off some of the most common failings. Deviants get the opportunity to add their own, bespoke, sins as they go.
The app offers a step-by-step guide to the different ways in which the user might have sinned and offers them seven acts of contrition - ways in which they can atone for their sins. The app was given the Church's official seal of approval, the imprimatur, by Bishop Kevin Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend in Indiana.
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