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 ...

We Sheas tend toward the hefty end of the spectrum. Some of that is genetics. Some of it is how the family tends to relate to food and (fails) to govern its appetites. Sin has a generational aspect to ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The Mediterranean diet—a diet rich in olive oil—causes better brain health and lowers heart disease risk. You can replace vegetable oil with olive oil for a healthier life. Researchers found that ...

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 ...

A viral video captured a mum drinking anointing oil and rubbing it on her face as she boarded an aeroplane for the first time ...

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 ...

The anointing oil that will be used in the coronation service of King Charles has been consecrated today in Jerusalem at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. In what the Archbishop of Canterbury called a ...