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Anointing of the sick. Most Catholics, including 84% of those who attend Mass at least once a week, say it would be “extremely important” or “very important” to them to receive the sacrament of the ...

The preeminent way that Jesus continues to show his care for the sick and suffering through the church is by the sacrament of anointing of the sick, which Jesus himself instituted. “So they (the ...

The second day of the 5th Regional Youth Convention (RYC) at Mary Help of Christians Cathedral, Kohima, witnessed a ...

100 This rite of anointing has continued ever since, in both East and West. For this reason the Eastern Churches call this sacrament Chrismation , anointing with chrism, or myron which means "chrism." ...

In celebrating the great solemnity of Pentecost today, the church turns her mind to consider perhaps the most mysterious, and ...

The hospital celebrated the 850th anniversary of its founding last year by St. Gerardo dei Tintori, who used his inheritance to found the hospital for the aid of the poor and sick in 1174.

So, let us be clear: Asthma is a disease that affects the whole body, but it begins in certain organs. Everyone suffers, but ...

We therefore recommend that women religious, and other lay-people as appropriate, be more widely authorised to conduct anointing of the sick, marriage services, and funerals.” ...

Rich Graves, a native of New Haven, Connecticut, is also survived by his siblings Chuck Graves, Eileen Graves, John Graves ...

The Blessing of the Graves takes place in Monknewtown, Dowth and Fennor on Sunday August 10th and on the Hill of Slane and St ...

The four newly ordained Priests for the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) have been urged to understand their identity as ...