The Catholic Church has released a confession app for the iPhone.
Now be honest. You think I'm taking the piss and that I photoshopped the picture on the left, don't you?
Well, you're wrong. This - unbelievably - is real!
In his message for the 2011 World Communications Day, Pope Benedict XVI said it's not enough to just "proclaim the Gospel through the new media," but one must also "witness consistently." The developers of "Confession: A Roman Catholic App" for Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch think their product helps people do both.
The app is designed to help people to a better confession. "For Catholics who go to confession regularly, it gives the user information. They enter their name, age, their sex, their vocation and their last confession date, and it generates an examination of conscience based on that information."
"It's also for people who've been away from the church and want the opportunity to go to confession. You go to the examination of conscience and it literally walks you through, step by step, your confessions as you're in the confessional."
Well, how cool is that! All we need now is a 'te absolvo' button!
And if you still think I'm making this up, then you can read all about it on the Catholic News Service by clicking here.
The Lord indeed does move in mysterious ways....
5 comments:
At what point do you confess your most recent sins and will the hard drive (?) retain that ? If so will its secrecy be sacrosanct as if you had confessed to a priest?
Dave Allen would have loved this.
and Apple Fanboise believe Steve Jobs is god!
Forgiveness comes from Christ, not the Church, not your 'phone, not the 'net.
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus Christ, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Romans 10 v 9
Very impressive you have done.
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