<s>
The	O
Vatican	B-Application
News	I-Application
App	I-Application
is	O
an	O
official	O
mobile	B-Application
application	I-Application
software	I-Application
issued	O
by	O
the	O
Vatican	O
's	O
Dicastery	O
for	O
Communication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Formerly	O
titled	O
The	B-Application
Pope	I-Application
App	I-Application
,	O
the	O
app	O
was	O
launched	O
on	O
January	O
23	O
,	O
2013	O
under	O
the	O
auspices	O
of	O
the	O
Pontifical	O
Council	O
for	O
Social	O
Communications	O
,	O
a	O
now-defunct	O
dicastery	O
that	O
was	O
merged	O
into	O
the	O
Secretariat	O
(	O
now	O
Dicastery	O
)	O
for	O
Communication	O
in	O
March	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Pope	I-Application
App	I-Application
was	O
available	O
only	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
,	O
but	O
became	O
available	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
phones	I-Application
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
February	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
in	O
five	O
languages	O
:	O
English	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
Italian	O
,	O
Portuguese	O
and	O
Spanish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2018	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Pope	I-Application
App	I-Application
was	O
relaunched	O
as	O
the	O
Vatican	B-Application
News	I-Application
App	I-Application
,	O
accompanied	O
by	O
a	O
redesign	O
that	O
eliminated	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
version	O
's	O
features	O
,	O
reducing	O
the	O
app	O
to	O
a	O
more	O
conventional	O
news	O
service	O
,	O
with	O
increased	O
emphasis	O
on	O
news	O
from	O
the	O
Vatican	O
and	O
the	O
worldwide	O
Catholic	O
Church	O
and	O
less	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
day-to-day	O
activities	O
of	O
the	O
Pope	O
.	O
</s>
