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Vatican launches new 'eRosary' bracelet

The gadget aims to help young Catholics pray for world peace and contemplate the gospel.
www.bbc.co.uk

The Vatican is hoping to pull in tech-savvy youngsters with the launch of an "eRosary" bracelet.

The gadget, which costs $109 (£85), can be worn as a bracelet and is activated by making the sign of a cross.

It is connected to the "Click to Pray eRosary" app, which is designed to help Catholic users pray for world peace and contemplate the gospel.

The app tracks a user's progress, and contains visual and audio explanations of the rosary.

The traditional rosary is used to aid prayer and meditation. Its beads are counted as prayers are recited.

Users can choose from three ways of praying. There is the standard rosary, a contemplative rosary or a thematic rosary.

The rosaries are made up of 10 black agate and hematite beads, plus a metal cross that detects movement.

"This project brings together the best of the Church's spiritual tradition and the latest advances of the technological world," a Click to Pray press release said.

Taiwan-based tech company GadgTek Inc developed the gadget, which is water-resistant and compatible with Android and iOS smartphones.

This is not the first time the Catholic Church has attempted to attract young people with technology.

In 2018, a Catholic evangelical group launched "Follow JC Go!", a Christian take on the hugely successful Pokemon Go gaming app. It let players "catch" saints or Bible characters, instead of monster characters.

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Wasn't this from Dogma?
 
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Sign of the times, that one. Pay an extra hundred dollars to meditate on God, you know you need to. If you don't have your internet of things Rosary paired to your speaker to say the prayers for you, how can you even be sure you are paying attention?

Next year, the McEucharist.
 
The papacy is the whore of Babylon drunk on the blood of the saints. These idol-worshipping fools deserve a crusade against them for their blithe heresy.
 
Adolf Honkler said:
Sign of the times, that one. Pay an extra hundred dollars to meditate on God, you know you need to. If you don't have your internet of things Rosary paired to your speaker to say the prayers for you, how can you even be sure you are paying attention?

Next year, the McEucharist.
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[hatred towards Catholicism intensifies]
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Begemot said:
The papacy is the whore of Babylon drunk on the blood of the saints. These idol-worshipping fools deserve a crusade against them for their blithe heresy.
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Bro I don't even believe in God but I'm down to burn Rome to the ground.
 
To everyone going "OMG, I can't believe Francis did this, Catholics are all materialist whores and Francis is the Antichrist!":
This is an initiative of the Apostleship of Prayer, or the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network, which is a think-tank that formed 175 years ago to innovate new methods to spread an evangelical message and promote solidarity between dioceses. There is likely a line-item in the Vatican budget that's been signed on since before the Civil War that throws these people some money contingent on them occasionally coming up with new ways to carry out their mission. This is just their latest attempt. They'll probably sell a paltry number of these things and be forgotten about when some dipshit in Boston tries to reinstate a dumb pre-Vatican II rule like conducting mass facing away from the congregation or refusing a woman Eucharist because she's not wearing a veil.
What this is not:
-An invention created by the Holy See
-A mandatory thing (praying the Rosary isn't mandatory; attending Mass isn't mandatory outside of certain religious holidays).
-An indulgence with extra steps.
 
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They should have partnered with Silicon Valley to release it as the Apple iNdulgence
 
Catholic Church: We have a serious problem with child abuse in the church we are going to take seriously.

Also Catholic Church: lol check out this $109 toy we made to bring kids into the church.
 
Senior Lexmechanic said:
To everyone going "OMG, I can't believe Francis did this, Catholics are all materialist whores and Francis is the Antichrist!":
This is an initiative of the Apostleship of Prayer, or the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network, is a think-tank that formed 175 years ago to innovate new methods to spread an evangelical message and promote solidarity between dioceses. There is likely a line-item in the Vatican budget that's been signed on since before the Civil War that throws these people some money contingent on them occasionally coming up with new ways to carry out their mission. This is just their latest attempt. They'll probably sell a paltry number of these things and be forgotten about when some dipshit in Boston tries to reinstate a dumb pre-Vatican II rule like conducting mass facing away from the congregation or refusing a woman Eucharist because she's not wearing a veil.
What this is not:
-An invention created by the Holy See
-A mandatory thing (praying the Rosary isn't mandatory; attending Mass isn't mandatory outside of certain religious holidays).
-An indulgence with extra steps.
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Hey, C'mon. How dare you barge in here with your common sense and nuance! You must be an albino Opus Dei spy!
 
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