Joe Krivanek lights a candle in late June at St. Mary’s Church in Albany, N.Y. (Credit: Emily Benson/The Evangelist via CNS.) Listen WESTMERE, New York — Linda Brown approached the candle stand at her ...

Every week, Marta Hernández walks to Madrid’s San Andres church and lights a candle for St. Isidro. Most of the time, the 75-year-old prays for the health of her children and grandchildren. Every now ...

Ever see the tall, slender religious candles with images of saints painted on them inside your grocery store and wonder what they are for? Here is what you need to know about the religious candles ...

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, ...

HUNDREDS of thousands of discarded candles are ending up in landfill every year. That discovery so troubled John Powell, a worshipper at St Peter’s, Prestbury, in Manchester, that he began to collect ...

In early December, Rev. David Johnson of Libertyville Covenant Church received a letter that he believed was a threat to his congregation’s Christmas Eve services and, more significantly, his right to ...

A visit to church may be good for the soul but not so good for the lungs, a new study shows. Scientists from Maastricht University found that burning candles and incense in church can release ...