Well, first of all, don’t try to sell it on eBay. From the Telegraph: The Catholic Church in Vienna has ruled that a former confessional cannot be used as a sauna. Bidding on a confessional described on eBay as ideal for conversion into a one-person sauna, a small bar or a children’s playhouse was ended…

Hot on the heels of the Bristol Palin story comes this item about a store that caters to teens — and is now evidently seeking to exploit an untapped market: teens who are pregnant. Rod Dreher touched on it yesterday. Here’s more, from Salon: Despite all of that success, Forever 21 is still looking to…

A desire to be more open and inclusive is forcing many hospitals to change the design and function of their chapels. An explanation: The shift to meditation rooms mirrors a growing trend among hospitals nationwide as health care centers try to make room for people from a wide variety of faiths, as well as those…

It’s not unusual to still be a pop icon at 70 — think Tony Bennett, among others — but it’s pretty remarkable to reinvent oneself, suddenly, as a soulful interpreter of gospel music. And it’s even more unusual to do it so credibly, and powerfully. Here’s Tom Jones with the first single from his new…

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