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New App helps Catholics confess on the go.<\/a> I’m wondering how Catholics are feeling about this as a new app for confession is sanctioned by the Catholic church.<\/a> <\/p>\n

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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.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Worry not faithful Catholics, $1.99 application<\/a>, 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. <\/span><\/div>\n

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

From ABC News<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The sinful suggestions the app offers are inventive and even age appropriate.<\/p>\n

An example given by iPhone is, “I think my cousin is hot, but I’d never go there because it’s socially unacceptable…” OK.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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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<\/a> for Catholics, I’m wondering how they are feeling about this? Seems like it might be a little like having a “Baptism App.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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