ON THE CUTTING EDGE: iPray

The Vatican's Pontifical Council for Social Communications has endorsed the iBreviary, “an iTunes application created by a technologically savvy Italian priest, the Rev. Paolo Padrini, and an Italian Web designer,” reports The Associated Press:

 

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. …

 

Pope Benedict XVI, a classical music lover who was reportedly given an iPod in 2006, has sought to reach out to young people through new media. During last summer's World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia, he sent out mobile phone text messages citing scripture to thousands of registered pilgrims - signed with the tagline "BXVI."

 

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