"Confession: A Roman Catholic App", which went on sale through Apple's iTunes website for 1.19 pounds last week, offers "a personalised examination of conscience for each user", according to its makers. It asks penitents to list sins they have committed by misdeed or omission.

Senior church officials in the US and Britain have approved the app, which they say can be used by Catholics and non-Catholics alike.

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