{"id":49641,"date":"2018-02-24T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2018\/02\/24\/a-committed-companion-for-lenten-observance\/"},"modified":"2018-02-24T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T07:00:00","slug":"a-committed-companion-for-lenten-observance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2018\/02\/24\/a-committed-companion-for-lenten-observance\/","title":{"rendered":"A committed companion for Lenten observance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Catholics' quest to fulfill their Lenten obligations, a new app wants to ensure they're not alone. Lent Buddy aims to be the friendly voice of reason preventing commitments from slipping one's mind.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Whether it's abstaining from meat on Fridays or attending special seasonal services, this platform is there to remind the faithful of their duties. A simple interface allows users to program notifications for reminders and recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>For a more tailored guide, the app keeps track of personal Lenten observance, such as giving up a favorite treat. Just in case one loses hope or focus on his or her goal, optional daily readings and inspirational quotes provide the boost needed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lent Buddy, the willing companion able to keep Catholics on track toward Easter Sunday, is available for free in English on all Apple devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 24, 2018. The Lent Buddy app provides reminders of Christians' duties leading up to Easter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yRrkl4VKymM","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/blentbuddyeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/blentbuddyint.mp4","type":"none","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}