While it might feel macabre, it is vital to communicate to family members your desire for a Catholic funeral Mass and burial, ...

The bishops of the United States are set to vote this week to create a new book of prayers for the comfort and healing of the sick specifically designed for laypeople to use. Father Andrew Menke, ...

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 ...

Father Andrew Menke, executive director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Divine Worship, said that he hopes the potential new prayer book will be helpful for laypeople who want to minister to 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 ...

St. Joseph Cathedral, 401 Main St., will offer the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick on Sunday following the 10:30 a.m. Mass. This sacrament provides strength and grace to those who are ill, ...

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels held World Day of the Sick mass Saturday, where Archbishop José H. Gomez administered the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. The Mass was open to everyone, ...

The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, is preventing priests from entering hospitals in Nicaragua to administer the sacrament of anointing of the ...