New App helps Catholics confess on the go. I’m wondering how Catholics are feeling about this as a new app for confession is sanctioned by the Catholic church.
The idea here is the makers of “Confession: A Roman Catholic App” say their software is seriously designed to help believers with the sacrament, and to help those who have left the church take a digital step back home.
Worry not faithful Catholics, $1.99 application, for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, is not intended to replace the confessional. Instead, it’s designed to complement the act of confession, offering a “personal examination of conscience” (password-protected, of course) and a step-by-step guide to sin-confessing.
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.
I think confession is extremely necessary in the life of a Christian and something Evangelicals should pay more attention to. Knowing that confession is a Sacrament for Catholics, I’m wondering how they are feeling about this? Seems like it might be a little like having a “Baptism App.”
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