The Vatican Approves an iPhone App

Don't get worried; it's not necessary for the Vatican to approve iPhone apps nowadays (it's tough enough to get through the App Store process without that added hurdle). But on Monday the Vatican approved this app, an electronic version of the Breviary, designed for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

iBreviary was created by Rev. Paolo Padrini and Italian Web designer Dimitri Giani. The app is available in the App Store for $0.99. With the latest version of the app, users can view not just the Breviary, but the Mass and other prayers.

Monsignor Paul Tighe, secretary of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Social Communications, told the AP that the Church is:

"learning to use the new technologies primarily as a tool or as a mean of evangelizing, as a way of being able to share its own message with the world."

You can switch between English, Italian, French, Spanish, Latin and the Rite Ambrosiano in the App. You can check out the developers website (Italian) for more details on the app.