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Wide pan of Leinen home, under snow2. Interior, close up of Patrick Leinen, co-developer of \"Confession: A Roman Catholic App\", and co-founder of Little iApps3. Close up of his brother Chip Leinen, co-developer of \"Confession: A Roman...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Wide pan of Leinen home, under snow\u003cbr/\u003e2. Interior, close up of Patrick Leinen, co-developer of \"Confession: A Roman Catholic App\", and co-founder of Little iApps\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close up of his brother Chip Leinen, co-developer of \"Confession: A Roman Catholic App\", and co-founder of Little iApps\u003cbr/\u003e4. Various shots of Patrick Leinen listening to messages left for iApps\u003cbr/\u003e5. Mid of brothers sitting across from each other\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid of Patrick Leinen with statue of the Virgin Mary in foreground, pull focus\u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid of Chip Leinen, pan to his brother across the table, Patrick Leinen\u003cbr/\u003e9. Various screen shots of the app \"Confession: A Roman Catholic App\"   +++SOUNDBITE STARTS OVER+++\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Chip Leinen, Little iApps:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It started off basically as a desire of mine to build an app in general. We had no real idea of what kind of app we were going to build but I wanted to build one just for fun because I'm a big nerd.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Patrick Leinen, Little iApps:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's built for people who go to confession regularly and it's also built for people who maybe have been away from the Church for a while.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Close up of app on computer pull into Chip Leinen\u003cbr/\u003e13. Zoom in on how app works\u003cbr/\u003e14. Pan of brothers sitting at table\u003cbr/\u003e15. Various shots of confession app \u003cbr/\u003e16. Pan of kneeler used for praying\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Patrick Leinen, Little iApps:\u003cbr/\u003e\"You are supposed to take it to Church and go to confession, that's what it's built for.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Close up of various screen images for the app\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Father Daniel Scheidt, Roman Catholic priest:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Some people get very anxious when they go into the confessional and the anxiety causes them to forget some or all of what they wanted to say, so just as some people bring a little sheet of paper in, so called cheat sheet to help them, the iPhone with the Confession APP serves a similar purpose to help people just to have a list that they can recollect themselves and they don't have to worry about forgetting anything.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Patrick Leinen, Little iApps:\u003cbr/\u003e\"So it its literally walk you through, step by step what you will do when you are in the confessional. The App is made to be used as an aide to confession.\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. Pan from Chip Leinen to APP on computer\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Patrick Leinen, Little iApps:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We do know that we have broken the top 25 of all apps on the iPhone.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Closeup of iPhone \u003cbr/\u003eTwo American brothers in the state of Indiana have come up with a novel use for modern gadgets iPad and iPhone - a step by step guide to the Roman Catholic ritual of confession.\u003cbr/\u003eA new application (known by its abbreviation \"app\") for the devices aims to help Roman Catholics who haven't been to confession for a while to keep track of their sins, one Commandment at a time.\u003cbr/\u003eThe app, called \"Confession: A Roman Catholic App\", costs 1.99 US dollars, and is the brainchild of Patrick and Chip Leinen, app developers and co-founders of the company Little iApps, based in South Bend, Indiana.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile it can't grant forgiveness - you still need to see a priest for that - the app's designers see it as a way to spur Catholics back into the habit of repenting.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's built for people who go to confession regularly and it's also built for people who maybe have been away from the Church for a while,\" Patrick Leinen said\u003cbr/\u003eIn recent decades, American Catholics have been receiving the penitential sacrament less frequently, and many of them may not even know how it's done, believe the Leinen brothers.\u003cbr/\u003e\"\"Some people get very anxious when they go into the confessional and the anxiety causes them to forget some or all of what they wanted to say, so just as some people bring a little sheet of paper in, so called cheat sheet to help them, the iPhone with the Confession APP serves a similar purpose to help people just to have a list that they can recollect themselves and they don't have to worry about forgetting anything,\" explained Father Daniel Scheidt, pastor of Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Mishawaka, who acted as adviser to the developers.\u003cbr/\u003eThe text-based app takes the user through the Ten Commandments, with a slew of questions attached to each, a process known as an examination of conscience, which penitents undergo before confession.\u003cbr/\u003eQuestions range from \"Have I wished evil upon another person?\" to \"Have I used any method of contraception or artificial birth control in my marriage?\" and users can tick a box next to each sin they've committed.\u003cbr/\u003eOnce that's done, the app lists the user's sins and displays a written act of contrition, a prayer recited by the penitent. \u003cbr/\u003eFrom there, it walks the user through the rest of the steps of confession and even advises when to say \"amen.\"\u003cbr/\u003eReligious applications for mobile devices are nothing new. \u003cbr/\u003eThings like daily inspirational text messages and digital compasses that point Muslims in the direction of Mecca have been around since the early years of mobile technology.\u003cbr/\u003eResponse to the new app from the church has been cautious but positive; the Most Reverend Kevin Rhoades, bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, gave his imprimatur to the app, essentially an acknowledgment that it doesn't 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