The
app, Click to Pray, will tell users what the leader of the world's 1.3 billion
Roman Catholics is praying for, such as world peace or the population of a
country hit by a natural disaster, so they can join him.
Pope
Francis has launched a new app, allowing the faithful to pray with him on
matters of his choosing.
He
presented the Vatican's latest digital platform, the Worldwide Network of
Prayer with the Pope, during his traditional Sunday address to tens of
thousands of people in St Peter's Square at the Vatican.
Francis,
who once said he was a "disaster" with technology, turned to a priest
holding the tablet and asked: "Did I do it?" The priest nodded and
smiled.
A
Vatican statement said a website, www.clicktopray.org, would allow the faithful
to "accompany the pope in a mission of compassion for the world".
Click
to Pray is available in Spanish, English, Italian, French, Portuguese and
German.
The
app is compatible with Android and iPhone.
Pope
Francis told the crowd: "I am thinking of the 170 victims in the
Mediterranean. They were looking for a future for their lives".
The
migrants were believed to have been lost in incidents involving dinghies from
Libya and Morocco.
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