A church sustained broken windows and roof damage, while its adjacent parish hall was destroyed when a May 6 tornado wreaked havoc on the small city of Barnsdall. But the first person to arrive at St.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services decided Thursday that it was better to allow a Catholic hospital in Oklahoma to light a sacred candle than face a religious liberty lawsuit. CMS officials ...

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 ...