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Prayer apps are flooding the market, but how well do they work?

  • Written by Dorian Llywelyn, President, Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imagePrayer apps can help guide spiritual practices and encourage people to set goals and stay on track.MangoStar_Studio/iStock via Getty Images

Hallow, a Catholic prayer and meditation app that claims over a million downloads, has raised over US$52 million in investments.

Prayer apps are not new. Silicon Valley startups popularized mindfulness and...

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