Tag Archives: Pope Francis

On your mobile device, watch Pope Francis consecrate Russia/Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

The Holy See press office announced March 15 that Pope Francis plans to consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on March 25 at 5 p.m. (Rome time) in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City. EWTN will broadcast the ceremony live beginning at 12 noon ET (USA). Watch on your mobile device with […]

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Links to watch Pope’s LIVE blessing 1pm TODAY (March 27) on your mobile device

Today, (March 27) Pope Francis will offer an extraordinary Urbi et Orbi blessing for the city of Rome and the world at 1:00pm Eastern. You can catch this broadcast wherever you are on your mobile device through a variety of outlets listed at links below. This blessing will take place in an empty St. Peter’s […]

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Free apps offer live coverage of Pope’s Easter message

On your mobile device you can catch LIVE coverage of Pope Francis’ Easter morning Mass, (4:00 am Eastern; 10 a.m. Rome time), from St. Peter’s Square, followed at 6:00am Eastern with the pope’s blessing “urbi et orbi” (the city and the world). This message is delivered from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. Enjoy […]

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Pope: Treat your Bible like your phone— Us: Get a Bible app for your phone!

Pope Francis asks us to treat our Bible like we treat our phone…keep it always nearby, check to see that we have it with us before leaving, look at it often…that sort of thing. Anyone with good CatholicAPPtitudeness knows to just download a Bible app! We list some of the better Catholic Bible apps out […]

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Guide to watching LIVE events in Fatima this weekend on your mobile device

To watch this week’s big events in Fatima, Portugal, you should take a little time to set up your smart phone or tablet beforehand. Yes, you can watch LIVE this week’s celebrations of the beginning of the 100th anniversary of Our Lady’s apparitions to three shepherd children–two of whom will be canonized by Pope Francis on May […]

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Pope suggests: Treat your Bible like you treat your cell phone

“What would happen if we treated the Bible like we treat our cellphone. Think about this. The Bible always with us, close to us!” That’s the question posed by Pope Francis to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on the First Sunday of Lent. Excerpt from from CNA/EWTN News: “During the forty days of Lent, as Christians […]

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FINAL DAY to download free DOCAT book–gift of Pope

After today (final day of World Youth Day) the digital book will be about $5.50 as an in-app purchase, according to information on the DOCAT app.  This is a brand new youth catechism based on the social teachings of the Catholic Church. “Do”Cat’s emphasis is putting our faith in action, particularly in light of the Church’s social teachings. […]

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Reminder: DOCAT digital book offered FREE until end of World Youth Day

Pope Francis is offering the brand new book on the social teachings of the Catholic Church as a free gift (digital download) until the end of World Youth Day (July 31, 2016). After that, it becomes an in-app purchase. The English paperback version of DOCAT for the United States is $16.96. ALERT – You must download the […]

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Be a digital pilgrim-Apps following World Youth Day

Want to follow World Youth Day events in Poland from your mobile device July 25-31? Join in the spiritual journey as a digital pilgrim with three apps we have found in the past to be quite remarkable at providing information, schedules, live and on-demand video and timely news served on your smartphone or tablet. We add a new app to the list at the end […]

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World Youth Day Pilgrim App

UPDATE: The iOS version of this app is not linked at this time on the official web site. But you can get it on iTunes. Happily, it is available in English, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Russian, German and  Ukrainian. Switching the app to English was a stubborn exercise. Select the language and then re-start […]

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