Forgive me father, for I have sinned: Confession app for Catholics gets bishop's blessing
By GRAHAM SMITH
Last updated at 4:21 PM on 8th February 2011
Last updated at 4:21 PM on 8th February 2011
There is no shortage of unusual apps these days.
Now religious iPhone or iPad owners with a guilty conscience can download a confession app for their device.
The snappily-titled Confession: A Roman Catholic App has even been officially approved by the Catholic Church.
Officially approved: Confession - A Roman Catholic App has been hailed as the 'perfect aid for every penitent'
Hailed as the 'perfect aid for every penitent', it measures the user's age, sex, occupation and how much time has elapsed since their last confession.
The app's 'examination of conscience' then decides what penance to impose - it even comes with seven acts of contrition to choose from.
Developer Little iApps, a three-man team based in Indianapolis, describes the app as 'a step-by-step guide to the sacrament, inviting Catholics to prayerfully prepare for and participate in the Rite of Penance'.
An impressed Bishop Kevin Rhodes, of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend, has even granted the app an imprimatur, an official endorsement from the Catholic Church.
Little iApps' Patrick Leinen said: 'Our bishop was very excited about it.
''We were able to work with several priests in order to get that examination of conscience created, so it was kind of fun.
'The imprimatur itself was pretty neat.'
Sinner's confession: The app decides what penance to impose and even comes with seven acts of contrition to choose from
Mr Leinen knew he was on to a winner when he tried the app out on a man who hadn't been to confession in a long time.
He said: 'When we were actually testing out the software before release we had one gentleman who hadn't been to confession in about 20 years.
'He did his confession with it and he said it made it much easier on him.'
The app is available to download from iTunes for £1.19 ($1.99).
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1354872/iPhone-confession-app-Catholics-gets-bishops-blessing.html#ixzz1DQ6uxE3S
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