UPDATE: Feds back off demand that Catholic hospital extinguish chapel candle

UPDATE: Feds back off demand that Catholic hospital extinguish chapel candle

CNA—Federal government regulators backed off their demands that a Catholic hospital extinguish its chapel candle after the Oklahoma hospital’s lawyers argued that their client’s religious freedom was being violated. The hospital was informed that it will receive a waiver, provided it posts signs warning about keeping oxygen equipment away from the tabernacle candle, which is…

Feds Tell Catholic Hospital to Blow Out Sanctuary Light or Patients in Need Lose Funding f

Feds Tell Catholic Hospital to Blow Out Sanctuary Light or Patients in Need Lose Funding f

— read latest update here — From time immemorial, Catholic parishes’ sanctuary lamps have signaled the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. But the current U.S. administration’s federal officials recently told a thriving Catholic hospital to extinguish its chapel sanctuary lamps or stop serving elderly, disabled and low-income patients. Feds threaten to strip hospital…