It is amazing to see how far we have gotten via technology. We are now able to talk face to face with people who are thousands of miles away, we can send a quick text to someone and not have to fully call, and Catholics can even confess their sins through a new app (of course there is an app for that). Wait a minute…
In looking to see what outside reading I wanted to do for my blog I was looking on MSN at the different news articles and found one from February 10 about the new app for confession (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110210/lf_nm_life/us_vatican_iphone). Thankfully the Catholic Church is not using this as a new way to confess ones sins. According to the Vatican spokesperson, the application is not designed to replace going to confession but to help Catholics through the act, which generally involves admitting sins to a priest in a confessional booth. This can kind of be related to the first episode in the Decalogue series, there should be no other gods besides the one true God. Through reading this article and some others having to do with the topic it seems the app is more for walking one through the actual act of confession while they are in confession. It is also used as a way to keep track of one’s sins for confession. Using it in this case seems alright in that it is not replacing the actual sacrament. As I have said in past blogs, we need to remember that while technology is great, it should not replace any of our truly religious acts. It is a man made thing that has helped us succeed in life, but we should remember where our faith should truly lie. A question I do have is that since the app is approved for use by the Catholic Church, when it is used is one in the sacred world? Does this make the app “sacred?” Or is it still in the profane since it is not the actual religious act?
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