Going to church may be good for the soul, but some Dutch researchers say it may not be so healthy for the lungs. The candles and incense regularly burned during religious services emit high levels of ...

The caretaker of the historic Manhattan cathedral that burned down on Sunday may be to blame for the blaze — for failing to put out all of the candles that were lit for Orthodox Easter, sources said.

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 ...

What will they think up next? A Norwegian site has been selling a candle in the shape of a church so you can now commit sacrilege from the comfort of your own home. Google translates the description ...

Flatiron, MANHATTAN (WABC) -- The FDNY is investigating candles as the possible cause of Sunday night's fire that tore through a historic church in the Flatiron District. Authorities say the candles ...

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 ...

Not far from Puget Sound, at St. Mark Church in Shoreline, Washington, Mike Scarpelli regularly lights a five- or seven-day votive candle by the Sacred Heart statue and another votive candle before ...

Inside Greece’s Orthodox churches, candles are a symbol of faith and simplicity, slender and traditionally made of beeswax, and placed in large candleholders filled with sand. Outside, buyers are ...

Families throughout Katy will gather in churches this Christmas Eve to celebrate the birth of Jesus and sing familiar carols. But one new congregation is hoping to start a holiday tradition that ...