Modern technology can work wonders — but it can also lead you astray. From the Telegraph: A small, but rising portion of the six million pilgrims who flock to the world’s third most visited Catholic shrine in Lourdes are showing up at another, rather less well-known village called Lourde. Their sin was to have misspelled…

A priest who has a unique perspective on the question offers his own answer over at U.S. Catholic: I was spending a leisurely minute planning my funeral the other day-not a savory task, but a prudent one since I have pancreatic cancer. A friend gave me advice, sharing her plans. One car per person; she…

Earlier in the week, I posted on the man arrested for praying outside a Planned Parenthood clinic. (There’s also a video of the act that some thought criminal.) Well, the charges have now been dropped: This afternoon, in a wake of national attention to the case, the Thomas More Society secured a dismissal of all…

Looking for a little swag in advance of the pope’s trip to the United Kingdom? The store is open: Official memorabilia to mark Pope Benedict’s September visit to Britain went on sale this week with a Swarovski bracelet and baseball cap among the more usual souvenir mugs and T-shirts. Sales are expected to help the…

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