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Sun, Nov 08, 2009 - 12:37 AM EST — AAPL: 194.34 (+0.3099, +0.16%) | NASDAQ: 2112.44 (+7.12, +0.34%)

Vatican embraces iPhone prayer book

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 05:19 PM EST

"The Vatican's Pontifical Council for Social Communications is embracing the iBreviary, an [application for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch that was] created by a technologically savvy Italian priest, the Rev. Paolo Padrini, and an Italian Web designer," The Associated Press reports.

"The application includes the Breviary prayer book — in Italian, English, Spanish, French and Latin and, in the near future, Portuguese and German. Another section includes the prayers of the daily Mass, and a third contains various other prayers," AP reports.

After a free trial period in which the iBreviary was downloaded approximately 10,000 times in Italy, an official version was released earlier this month, Padrini said," AP reports.

"The application costs euro 0.79 (US$1.10), while upgrades will be free," AP reports. "Padrini's proceeds are going to charity."

Full article here.

More info about iBreviary via Apple's iTunes App Store here.

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Dec 22, 08 - 05:27 pm Comment from: Sum Jung Gai

Silly It's 0.79 euros, but US$0.99. There is no US$1.10 price point on the App Store. I know what they meant, but it was misleading.

Dec 22, 08 - 05:35 pm Comment from: Mac+

a Roman Catholic myself, I can only say great !!!! In time for Christmas. Now SJ will be redeemed from his sins

Dec 22, 08 - 05:52 pm Comment from: Spark

Now we can see Barrack Obama sworn in as President with his hand on top of an iPhone. Great picture opportunity!

Dec 22, 08 - 06:09 pm Comment from: Spark

Thanks MDN for fixing my typo!

Dec 22, 08 - 06:52 pm Comment from: ron

If I read Italian it would great.

Dec 22, 08 - 07:00 pm Comment from: MaLvado

It is in English also.

Dec 22, 08 - 07:16 pm Comment from: G Spank

Genius! Gotta love technology.

Dec 22, 08 - 07:32 pm Comment from: vtvita

Nothing fails like prayer!

Dec 22, 08 - 07:41 pm Comment from: Jp2

It is in English if you go to settings. Mine was right above Nike+.

Dec 22, 08 - 11:37 pm Comment from: Loru

I dont know what's worse...that it exists...or that they CHARGE for it!! LOL

Dec 22, 08 - 11:52 pm Comment from: Joe Fair

Loru your point is entirely illogical. You mean you see nothing wrong with paying for, say Super Monkey Ball, but find it objectionable that the Vatican is charging for a sophisticated, dare I say, inspired application ? By the way, if you looked a bit further, you'd see the proceeds are being donated to charity. But even if there was no philanthropy involved, your comments seem unjustified. Why not charge for it?

Dec 23, 08 - 12:51 am Comment from: what a fucking load of horseshit

exploitation at it's finest.

Dec 23, 08 - 01:51 am Comment from: justme2

@WAFLOH -- Nothing forcing you to buy/install it; I know some devout Catholics who'll love this app for when they're traveling. (I wouldn't mind if some enterprising Episcopalian put the Book of Common Prayer, or at least the daily Lectionary, in an iPhone app...)

Dec 23, 08 - 04:28 am Comment from: Me on this iSland

Is the Vatican allowed to download ALL apps to iphones, or are they barred from downloading say, pull my finger?!

Dec 23, 08 - 06:31 am Comment from: podboy

If you think the Catholic Church is progressive, have a look at this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/23/pope-gender-sexuality

Dec 23, 08 - 02:14 pm Comment from: Jake

@podboy,
Thank you for the link. It's encouraging to know that the Catholic Church is standing strong for traditional morality in this relativist age. And I'm a secular Jew!

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