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Last Rites vs Anointing of the Sick: What Catholics Should Know When a Loved One is Dying (Ep. 5)
What are the Last Rites — and when should you call a priest before a loved one dies? In this episode, Fr. Shenan Boquet walks through Catholic spiritual care at the end of life: the Anointing of the Sick, Confession, Viaticum, the Apostolic Pardon, and the Last Rites.
Fr. Boquet answers the questions Catholic families actually face when caring for someone who is seriously ill or dying — and why the single most important step is contacting the parish *long before* the final hours.
In this episode:
What the Anointing of the Sick is, when it can be received — and received again
The difference…
The skinny
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