O SACRAMENTO DA UNÇÃO DOS ENFERMOS

O RITO DA UNÇÃO E SUA PRÁTICA PASTORAL

Abstract

In a worldwide context of concern for the health of the entire world, especially for the dying affected by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, it is the obligation of all Christians to consider the Anointing of the Sick as something more than a mere private rite, administered to particular individuals and irrelevant to the whole society. For this reason, the present paper aims at presenting the pastoral practice of the Anointing of the Sick in order to clarify on the basis of the Church's doctrine who are the ministers, to whom it should be administered, what are the requirements and recommendations to be observed for a good celebration of the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.