--- title: Over Tinder? Try 'Sindr,' the Vatican's New Confession App description: The search for a confessional has been revolutionized with a new smartphone app that some are already nicknaming Sindr canonical: https://time.com/4581066/catholic-guilt-sin-sinder-app-confession-tinder-sindr/ author: Feliz Solomon article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-23T04:42:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:55.853Z og:title: Over Tinder? Try 'Sindr,' the Vatican's New Confession App og:description: The Catholic app lets users search for the nearest confessional og:url: https://time.com/4581066/catholic-guilt-sin-sinder-app-confession-tinder-sindr/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8a4a0334c966e57/6988af9e656a3fe664bcdf58/gettyimages-90935616.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Duomo cathedral og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Over Tinder? Try 'Sindr,' the Vatican's New Confession App twitter:description: The Catholic app lets users search for the nearest confessional twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8a4a0334c966e57/6988af9e656a3fe664bcdf58/gettyimages-90935616.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Done With Tinder? Try 'Sindr,' the Vatican's New Confession Finder App by [Feliz Solomon](/author/feliz-solomon/) ## Feliz Solomon Nov 23, 2016 4:42 AM CUT  Italy, Lombardy, Lakes Region, Lake Como, Como, Duomo cathedral, confessional booth Italy, Lombardy, Lakes Region, Lake Como, Como, Duomo cathedral, confessional boothGetty Images by [Feliz Solomon](/author/feliz-solomon/) ## Feliz Solomon Nov 23, 2016 4:42 AM CUT For those Catholics itching to be absolved, a Scottish Archbishop may have just [revolutionized the search for a confessional ](http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2016/11/22/world-first%5Fsacraments%5Fapp%5Fannounced%5Fby%5Fscottish%5Farchbishop/1274011 "undefined")— with a new smartphone and tablet app launched at the Vatican on Tuesday. [The Catholic app](http://thecatholicapp.com/ "undefined"), which has inevitably been dubbed “Sindr” by [some media](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/22/catholic-churchs-sindr-app-urgent-confession/ "undefined") and online commentators, is expected to go live in early 2017, according to Vatican Radio. “The idea was really inspired by the Holy Father himself,” Edinburgh’s Archbishop Leo Cushley, who announced the launch, told Vatican Radio. “He said to be imaginative about what to do for the Holy Year of Mercy.” The app, which lets users search for the nearest Holy Mass, confessional or diocesanal statistics, reportedly uses technology by software firm Musemantik to guide the faithful from their current location to the nearest Catholic Church. “I hope everyone’s going to use it,” Cushley said, in hopes that the legacy of Pope Francis’ so-called Extraordinary Year of Jubilee, which just drew to a close, “won’t only be a spiritual one, it will also be a practical one.” > [](https://twitter.com/leocushley/status/801178749639258114) Cushley launched the app at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, [calling](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/22/catholic-churchs-sindr-app-urgent-confession/ "undefined") it a “smart bit of technology” that could impact “how the Catholic Church brings the mercy of God and the joy of the Gospel to our contemporary world.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4581066/catholic-guilt-sin-sinder-app-confession-tinder-sindr/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4581066/catholic-guilt-sin-sinder-app-confession-tinder-sindr/"},"headline":"Done With Tinder? 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