TheVatican News App is an officialmobile application software issued by theVatican'sDicastery for Communication.^[1][2] Formerly titledThe Pope App, the app was launched on January 23, 2013 under the auspices of thePontifical Council for Social Communications, a now-defunct dicastery that was merged into the Secretariat (now Dicastery) for Communication in March 2016.

Initially, The Pope App was available only oniOS devices, but became available for Android phones at the end of February 2013.^[3] The app is available for download oniOS andAndroid in five languages:English,French,Italian,Portuguese andSpanish.

It was originally promoted as an application with focus on the figure of the Pope which made it possible to follow the Pope's events while they are taking place. Alerts notified the followers by informing and offering access to "official papal-related content in a variety of formats".^[4] The app also enabled its users to see areas of theVatican through webcams allocated throughoutSt. Peter's Square inRome that broadcast images.

In early 2018, The Pope App was relaunched as the Vatican News App, accompanied by a redesign that eliminated many of the previous version's features, reducing the app to a more conventional news service, with increased emphasis on news from the Vatican and the worldwideCatholic Church and less focus on the day-to-day activities of the Pope.

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• Android (operating system) software
• Catholic websites
• Christian software
• IOS software
• Mobile applications

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