Sinder is a new app that was recently launched for Catholics that will let them search for Holy Mass or confessional booths and the Vatican is launching it. That’s right, the Vatican has now entered the app game and the Catholic app has been cleverly named ‘Sinder’ by online speculators and religious media. It is expected to launch sometime early 2017.

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Edinburgh’s Archbishop Leo Cushley announced on Vatican Radio stating “The idea was really inspired by the Holy Father himself, he said to be imaginative about what to do for the Holy Year of Mercy.”

Misemantik is the company providing the software for ‘Sinder’, which will give users diocesan statistics about Holy Mass and confessions. The app will let users find and guide them to the nearest Catholic Church from their current location.

The Vatican is hoping that the new app will encourage younger Catholics from the age group of 18 to 55 – to be more involved and engaged with the dioceses, since the younger generation and millennials use smartphones the most. 

Source: Time