--- description: A new app spreads the Pope's word to kids title: Pope Francis Comic Books Now An iPhone App image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5017901fd0fe7c3c/69868295169ab080ce277f0e/pope-francis-comic-book-app.png?branch=production&width=750&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [The Vatican](/tag/the-vatican/) ## The Vatican Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pope Francis Comic Books Now On Your iPhone  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Feb 12, 2014 8:07 PM CUT  Pope Francis comic books are now in app form. Pope Francis comic books are now in app form.Master New Media S.r.I.  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Feb 12, 2014 8:07 PM CUT Who needs apostles when you can have _app_\-postles? The people who introduced Pope Francis [comic books](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/10482357/Pope-Francis-the-comic-book-hero.html "undefined") to Italy last November released an app version of the product on Sunday. Now, young Catholics across the world can read comic books featuring Pope Francis’ most famous words and interactions and even color the scenes in themselves. Both the original comic books and the app are designed to spread the Christian lessons of the Pope to kids in a fun and engaging way. But you’ll have to shell out $2.99 to color in the Pope’s cross on your iPad. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6825/pope-francis-comic-books-now-on-your-iphone/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6825/pope-francis-comic-books-now-on-your-iphone/"},"headline":"Pope Francis Comic Books Now On Your iPhone","datePublished":"2014-02-12T20:07:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:23:14.099Z","description":"A new app spreads the Pope's word to kids","url":"https://time.com/6825/pope-francis-comic-books-now-on-your-iphone/","keywords":["The Vatican","Pope Francis topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5017901fd0fe7c3c/69868295169ab080ce277f0e/pope-francis-comic-book-app.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5017901fd0fe7c3c/69868295169ab080ce277f0e/pope-francis-comic-book-app.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pope Francis comic books are now in app form.","caption":"Pope Francis comic books are now in app form.","creditText":"Master New Media S.r.I.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/the-vatican/","name":"The Vatican"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6825/pope-francis-comic-books-now-on-your-iphone/","name":"Pope Francis Comic Books Now On Your iPhone"}}]}] ```