Lombardi Nixes South Bend, IndianaiPhone confession app

No, no, chickens, not Vince Lombardi. The celebrated Notra Dame coach is still quite dead. We mean Fr. Frederico Lombardi of the Holy See Press Office, who told journalists the other day:

"It is essential to understand that the rites of penance require a personal dialogue between penitents and their confessor... It cannot be replaced by a computer application...I must stress to avoid all ambiguity, under no circumstance is it possible to 'confess by iPhone'."