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Pope2You: Vatican Launches Boring IPhone and Facebook Apps

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The Catholic Church isn’t exactly known for its speedy adoption of new technologies, but today the Vatican launched a new web portal, as well as a Facebook app to coincide with the upcoming 43rd World Communications Day. In addendum, the Vatican also announced an iPhone application. The iPhone application has not been approved by Apple yet, (we assume that even the Vatican’s apps gets scoured for porn and profanities), but the Facebook app is available now.

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iPhone App: Not Approved Yet

None of these apps look to be groundbreaking in either design or functionality. The iPhone/iPod touch app, once approved, will give users the ability to watch videos and hear speeches by Pope Benedict XVI, as well as other content from Catholic actions worldwide.

Facebook App: Dull

The Facebook app, which is currently loading very slowly, is also not exactly the most groundbreaking app either. Facebook users will be able to send and receive 20 different virtual postcards of the Pope, with texts available in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish (with Latin life conspicuously absent here). According to the app’s description, installing it will allow you to “Spread friendship with the Pope and become a witness of Christ in the world through the web.”

In January this year, the Vatican also launched its YouTube channel, though so far, none of the videos posted here have gone viral yet.

Disappointment: Can’t Poke the Pope

For now, but, users who were hoping to get a chance to poke the Pope or even just friend him on Facebook are out of luck, as the Pope does not have an official Facebook profile, yet.

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