The sacrament of the anointing of the sick is not just for those who are nearing the end of their life, Pope Francis said. "Let us remember that the anointing of the sick is one of the 'sacraments of ...

Archbishop Leonard P. Blair of Hartford, Conn., chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship, attends a Nov. 15, 2022, session of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of ...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church on the sacrament of the sick: 1526 “Is any among you sick? Let him call for the presbyters of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the ...

The Mass of the Anointing of the Sick was celebrated Wednesday during the 101st annual Solemn Novena to St. Ann at St. Ann’s Monastery and Shrine Basilica, 1239 St. Ann’s St. in West Scranton. The ...

One of the most heartbreaking realities of the COVID-19 crisis is that patients are suffering and dying from the disease in sterile, empty hospital rooms, far from any of the people they love. Because ...

The book that the bishops are voting to create will be a compilation of those prayers, drawn from multiple sources traditionally used in ministry to the sick. Only priests are allowed to perform the ...

In this April 7, 2009, file photo of the Chrism Mass at Holy Family Cathedral in Tulsa, Okla., a stained-glass window is reflected through a vessel containing oil to be used to anoint the sick.

The Archdiocese of Chicago has assembled a team of 24 priest volunteers- all under age 60, and without pre-existing medical conditions- to administer sacramental anointing of the sick to Catholics ...

A patient suffering from the coronavirus disease is seen on a ventilator in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Paris April 1, 2020. (CNS photo/Benoit Tessier, Reuters) Father Michael Trail had ...