Government Allows Catholic Hospital to Keep Sanctuary Lamp Burning thetablet.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thetablet.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
With a potential lawsuit looming, the federal government has issued a waiver to allow a Catholic hospital in Oklahoma to keep the flame of a long-lit sanctuary candle burning.
Catholic Hospital Threatens To Sue U S Government Over Order to Extinguish Sanctuary Candle thetablet.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thetablet.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A health system in Oklahoma has threatened to sue the federal government for violating its First Amendment rights over a decision to deny re-accreditation to one of its hospitals if it doesn’t follow an order to extinguish a sanctuary candle.
Even after this, Jarod McCumber says he still wants to be a nurse. “I think that this can happen anywhere unfortunately," he said. "I don’t wish to do anything else and I never would regardless of whether or not there’s an extreme danger that can come from it.”