Despite the government shutdown, the annual March for Life will take place in Washington, DC on January 18. An app created just for this important event makes it easy for you to join in the national prayer Novena surrounding the march. 9 Days for Life Apple| Android With this free app developed by the United States […]
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Top Advent Apps for 2018
Prepare for Christmas with a little Advent devotion on-the-go! No Santas or snowmen here. These apps are about the serious business of preparing for the birth of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Are you ready to take this on? Here are some of the best mobile apps out there for Advent 2018. Xt3 Advent […]
Mass in Latin? An Extraordinary app for the Extraordinary Form
A big prayer rally this week in Baltimore for Catholic laity near the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ meeting venue features a day of prayer and adoration and Mass–in the Extraordinary Form. This means that while the Mass is Roman Catholic, it is not the form of Mass you may be used to (Ordinary Form). […]
Catholic Liturgical Calendars help engage you in the spiritual life of the Church
Snow is falling in the northeast and, can you believe it? Time for a new liturgical calendar for your phone or tablet. The start of a new liturgical year is always the first Sunday of Advent which falls on December 2 this year in the Roman Catholic calendar. If you’d like a liturgical calendar to help you engage in the life of […]
Think Advent with these free background images for your phone
Here’s a clever idea to turn your mind to Jesus –80 times a day! That’s the average number of times people unlock their phone. So before you even get to your favorite Catholic app, you can encounter sacred art depicting Christ and the Holy Family this Advent. It’s a gift from the folks at Ascension! […]
Terrific Rosary Apps for your phone or tablet
October is Rosary month! We have collected some of the better rosary apps out there in a variety of styles which cover many mobile formats, languages and price ranges. They are listed in no particular order. Some of these apps come at the recommendation of members in our Catholic Apptitude community! You can read about the […]
Checking into the Vatican to see what’s going on
These days, you may have an increased interest in what the pope has to say or what new spin the Vatican takes on emerging news– scandal upon scandal–around the world. The free Vatican News App Apple | GooglePlay is probably the best portal to access the latest in Vatican-generated reports in text and audio formats. A […]
We removed USCCB Catholic Church App from must-have list. Here is why
UPDATE – This app which was paid for with your contributions to the communications arm of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is now defunct. To maintain the integrity of Catholic APPtitude’s “Must-Have” Catholic App list, we unceremoniously removed USA Catholic Church App (Free) Apple | Android from our list of recommendations. On this day, the Vatican released the latest Apostolic […]
Vatican News app–new communications hub of ALL things Vatican
A recent consolidation of Vatican media has swallowed several old Vatican media outlets (including Vatican Radio and Pope App) into a new “network hub of Vatican communications” called Vatican News (Free) Apple | Android. What does that mean for the avid Catholic app user? If you have old Vatican news apps installed, some may have changed automatically to the re-branded […]
Best Rosary Apps
Our Lady of Fatima wants us to pray a Rosary every day. To make sure you always have one at hand, download a digital rosary for your smartphone or tablet. We list some of the better ones out there on our popular Rosary page maintained and updated regularly. Check out a variety of styles which cover […]
