The Department of Health and Human Services is threatening the accreditation of a Catholic hospital for keeping its sanctuary candle lit. St. Francis Health System in Oklahoma, the 12th largest ...

A Catholic hospital system in Oklahoma is contesting federal officials’ demand that it must extinguish an enclosed tabernacle candle in its chapel or lose accreditation and its ability to serve needy ...

The word "advent" means "coming," and the month of December is the season of Advent where we wait expectantly and get our hearts ready for Christmas and the celebration of Christ's birth. A way to ...

The Biden administration is rescinding its threat to strip a Catholic hospital system in Oklahoma of federal accreditation if it didn't remove a sacred candle in a hospital chapel. The Department of ...

WASHINGTON — Thousands of Christians across more than 20 countries will light red candles on Christmas Eve – a new symbol of solidarity with Palestinian Christians, culminating a grassroots movement ...

Advent symbolizes the church’s present situation in these “last days,” according to scripture, as God’s people wait for the return of Christ. During the holiday, the church looks back upon Christ’s ...

MOORHEAD — To those on the outside, it’s just a candle. To parishioners, it’s an Easter, or Paschal, candle with significance. But to Linda and Swede Stelzer, it’s a labor of love. For 35 years, ...