The last rites are the last prayers and ministrations given to many Catholics when possible shortly before death. The last rites go by various names and include different practices in different Catholic traditions. They may be administered to those awaiting execution, mortally injured, or terminally ill.
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“Th’ inferior priestess, at her altar’s side,
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—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
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