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(OSV News) -- A Catholic hospital in Oklahoma said the federal government has backed off after presenting it with a choice to either extinguish a candle in its chapel's sanctuary or risk its ability to treat patients covered by Medicare, Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program, which would have jeopardized its ability to operate at all. The hospital was represented by a religious liberty law firm that says the government violated the First Amendment. Lori Windham, vice president an

(OSV News) -- A Catholic hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, said the federal government has presented it with a choice to either extinguish a candle in its chapel's sanctuary or risk its ability to treat patients covered by Medicare, Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program, jeopardizing its ability to operate at all. The hospital is being represented by a religious liberty law firm that says the government is violating the First Amendment. St. Francis Hospital South, which is part of St.

The Biden administration threatened to revoke the accreditation of Saint Francis Health System unless the hospitals extinguish a candle.

All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.

The Biden administration has decided to allow a Catholic hospital to keep its sanctuary candle lit after initially demanding that the hospital blow out the flame due to concerns over it being a fire hazard.