The Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network has introduced the ‘eRosary’ – a new way to engage young people in traditional prayer.

The Click To Pray eRosary is described as an interactive, smart and app-driven device that serves as a tool for learning how to pray the rosary. It can be worn as a bracelet and is activated by making the sign of the cross.

It syncs with a free app of the same name, which provides access to an audio guide, exclusive images and personalised content about the praying of the rosary.

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A Click To Pray spokesperson said: “Aimed at the peripheral frontiers of the digital world where the young people dwell, the Click To Pray eRosary serves as a technology-based pedagogy to teach the young how to pray the Rosary, how to pray it for peace, how to contemplate the Gospel.

“Therefore, this project brings together the best of the Church’s spiritual tradition and the latest advances of the technological world.”

The device consists of ten consecutive black agate and hematite rosary beads, and of a smart cross that stores the data connected to the app. When activated, the user has the possibility to choose either to pray the standard rosary, a contemplative rosary and different kinds of thematic rosaries that will be updated every year.

The spokesperson added: “Once the prayer begins, the smart rosary shows the user’s progression throughout the different mysteries and keeps track of each rosary completed.”

In addition to daily prayer, the £85 device also records and provides health data to encourage users to enjoy a healthier lifestyle.