THIS IS one way of bringing the Catholic Church into the 21st century.
Pope Francis has been modernising the Catholic Church for several years now, with his 'progressive-for-the-Head-of-the-Church' way of thinking, and so it was probably only a matter of time before praying to the Lord could be done electronically.
We don't yet have hovering altars or Virtual Reality Confession Boxes, but they might not be far behind now that The Vatican have invented a Click to Pray electronic rosary bead app.
Yep. It's a thing now.
For just €99 ($110, £85) you can pray for the peace of the world with the wearable electronic device, which is activated by making the sign of the cross.
eRosary AcerIt is synchronised to your phone via an app of the same name, and includes instructions on how to pray using the rosary.
It's water and dust resistant, compatible with Android and Apple phones, and a two-hour charge gives it enough power for four days of prayer.
The Vatican News Website describes the invention as merging the Church's ancient spiritual traditions with modern society's technological advances, and says "when activated, the user has the possibility to choose either to pray the standard rosary, a contemplative Rosary and different kinds of thematic rosaries that will be updated every year".
It makes up part of the "Click To Pray" official prayer app of the Worldwide Prayer Network-- sort of like a Holy Facebook, on which Pope Francis has a profile.
So far it's only available in Italy, (you can buy it here) but if it proves popular should become available worldwide.
Would you use it or do you prefer the old fashioned way?
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