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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/app-helps-you-keep-track-of-sins.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A new app is designed to help Catholics prepare for confession (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-app-helps-you-keep-track-of-sins.jpg" alt="A new app is designed to help Catholics prepare for confession (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Can your iPad or iPhone bring you closer to God? </p>
<p>A new application for the devices aims to help Roman Catholics who have not been to the confessional booth in a while keep track of their sins, one Commandment at a time.</p>
<p>The 1.99 dollar (£1.23) Confession: A Roman Catholic App cannot grant forgiveness &#8211; you still need to receive the sacrament from a real priest like always. </p>
<p>The app&#8217;s designers and some believers see it as a way to spur Catholics back into the habit of repenting.</p>
<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a reason we designed it for these mobile devices: We want you to go to confession,&#8221; said Patrick Leinen, one of the developers and a co-founder of the company Little iApps.</p>
<p>Over the last several decades, American Catholics have been receiving the penitential sacrament less frequently, and many of them may not know how it is done.</p>
<p>&#8220;As somebody who&#8217;s heard thousands of confessions, there are some people who get so scared coming in that they lose their train of thought and they&#8217;re not able to remember everything they planned to say,&#8221; said the Rev Dan Scheidt, pastor of Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Mishawaka, who advised the developers.</p>
<p>The text-based app takes the user through the Ten Commandments, with a slew of questions attached to each, a process known as an examination of conscience, which penitents undergo before confession.</p>
<p>Questions range from &#8220;Have I wished evil upon another person?&#8221; to &#8220;Have I used any method of contraception or artificial birth control in my marriage?&#8221; and users can check a box next to each sin they&#8217;ve committed.</p>
<p>Once that&#8217;s done, the app lists the user&#8217;s sins and displays a written act of contrition, a prayer recited by the penitent. From there, it walks the user through the rest of the steps of confession and even advises when to say &#8220;amen&#8221;.</p>
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