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 ...

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The Chairman of the Church of Pentecost Apostle Prof. Opoku Onyinah says anointing oil has no value to healing in Christianity. According to him, oil was used in the Old Testament to represent 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...