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 ...

Lighting votive candles for deceased loved ones is an ancient tradition that is still practiced by many Catholics around the world. One of the most enduring traditions of popular piety in the Catholic ...

Although there aren’t any formal Church prohibitions against such a practice, there could be a very practical one—namely, preventing the start of a fire. Lighting candles before sacred images that the ...

During the four Sundays of Advent, churches across the Peninsula will be illuminated with candles as congregations light their Advent wreaths of evergreen, shaped in a perfect circle to symbolize ...

The lack of artificial lighting during the Easter vigil can be a powerful aid to prayer, raising the question of why this practice isn’t done more regularly. Candles flicker in St. Peter’s Basilica at ...

Historians seem to be agreed that there was no ceremonial use of lighted candles, torches or lamps during the first three centuries. 4 Lamps were used by the Romans in their sacrificial ritual, and ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This December, Church of the Highlands will host their annual Christmas at Highlands services including a powerful time of worship, meaningful message, and ...