His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, from the Greek Orthodox Church mixes and blesses the anointing oil for King Charles's coronation. (Patriarchate of Jerusalem/Buckingham Palace) The anointing ...

Gary Campbell has received the Roman Catholic Church’s sacrament of the anointing of the sick — formerly called the last rites or extreme unction — three times. In 1999, before surgery to remove a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After rescinding a controversial policy concerning sacramental anointing of the sick, the bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts told priests Friday afternoon that anointing of the ...

The ornate screen which will give the King privacy during the most sacred part of the coronation ceremony has been unveiled. The hand-embroidered partition which will surround His Majesty on three ...

Through a priest’s hands and holy oil, Our Lord came near — and what seemed like a farewell became a story of Christian hope. A stained-glass window at Song Vinh Church in Vietnam depicts the ...

In his Wednesday general audience Pope Francis gave a brief catechesis on the sacrament of the anointing of the sick, noting that its purpose is to bring Christ close to the recipient. "Every time we ...

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 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A super-secret oil used in the coronation of Kings and Queens of England for hundreds of years will be animal-free for King Charles III's ceremony this year. The special oil is used to mark a cross on ...