Confession App Sanctioned By Catholic Church

Confession? There's an app for that.

Confession: A Roman Catholic app, aims to bring modern Catholics back to the faith through a "personalized examination of conscience for each user." The app walks users through the sacrement, though, according to ABC News, doesn't act as a substitute for the real thing.

From The New York Daily News:

"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."

The app is thought to be the first approved by a church authority (though other religious apps do exist), and leads Catholics through an "Examination of Conscience," helping users figure out what their real sins are, according to ABC News. But the app goes beyond the standard 10 Commandments.

From ABC News:

The sinful suggestions the app offers are inventive and even age appropriate.

An example given by iPhone is, "I think my cousin is hot, but I'd never go there because it's socially unacceptable..." OK.

Comments

[peterz]

02:46 PM on 02/13/2011

where's the App that's blocks nonsense from being viraly spread through the eVerse? we're in dire need of that!

[farmilyman]

05:05 AM on 02/12/2011

Is there some meaning in wearing a hat that looks like a fish head?

[peterz]

02:43 PM on 02/13/2011

yes, it means he's some form of clown....

[Vroomfondel]

12:56 AM on 02/12/2011

To be followed by a rosary app. Just drag the beads across the screen while reciting penance...

[Michele Somerville]

09:04 PM on 02/11/2011

Read "Thinking Outside the Box: The New iPhone App for Catholic Confession" on

www.indietheology.com.

[ThankGodhesgone]

07:32 PM on 02/10/2011

Next up, the God App. What will the Church do with all of those empty churches?

[FoxxxRob]

04:41 PM on 02/10/2011

As a Catholic I have to say I support this app, especially if it helps me document my endless stream of sins http://bit.ly/eRidCp

[Hysterian68]

04:41 AM on 02/12/2011

It would be nice if this will document the endless stream of sins of the hierarchy and the pederastic priests hiding beneath B16 dress.

[SpaceboySD]

02:52 PM on 02/10/2011

Sounds like a Monty Python sketch.

[Jason Morrow]

09:58 AM on 02/10/2011

There is a free application for Android devices that is similar called PenanceProject. It helps users do an examination of conscience before the Sacrament and to pray afterwards.

You can get the application here: https://market.android.com/details?id=appinventor.ai_jamorrow.PenanceProject

To find out more about The Penance Project please visit: http://www.thepenanceproject.org

[Ron Diaz]

03:25 AM on 02/10/2011

Well you know Im going to haven now...lol

[Ron Diaz]

03:23 AM on 02/10/2011

Im saved...lol

[SkreetGil1]

02:03 AM on 02/10/2011

Oh good, I was worried. :[

[vascopyjama]

12:53 AM on 02/10/2011

Sat three "lost signals" and all is forgiven.

[Arrive2 net]

10:57 PM on 02/09/2011

Would you trust your cell phone with a secret, or a confidentiality? One of the funny paradoxes in this question is that your online smart phone, and your pc probably know some big secrets, like your passwords, email contents, etc. I don't think I'd trust the net or the cloud with "sins", but the cloud and/or the net probably does have plenty of data on our secrets.

Bernard Schuster
Arrive2.net
Twitter.com/arrive2_net

[Smirk]

10:16 PM on 02/09/2011

"Bless me, iPhone, for I have sinned."

Maybe that article last year about consumer products supplanting religion wasn't silly after all.

[esquilax]

10:08 PM on 02/09/2011

.... great that's one less trip the Capos and Sgarrista have to make each week.