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 ...

We will see this twin phenomenon in the “chrism oil” to be used to anoint the king in the ceremony on May 6. It is an olive oil modeled on centuries of use but also subtly reflecting not only the king ...

A version of this story appeared in the Sept 12-25, 2014 print issue under the headline: 'We all become ministers of healing'. Most people associate the sacrament of anointing of the sick with a ...

In the fall of 2008, about two weeks after I had been diagnosed with cancer, I went to see my parish priest. In my Catholic faith, anointing the sick is a sacrament in which the priest anoints a ...