"South Africa: No oil of gladness"


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"Cardinal Wilfrid Napier of South Africa received a letter from the Congregation for Divine Worship prohibiting illicit anointing rituals in the region"

Adapted from "The Catholic World Report," December 2008.


"In a sharply worded message to the head of the South African bishops' conference, the Congregation for Divine Worship has called for an end to the widespread practice of anointing people with the oil of gladness in unauthorized Catholic rituals.

"Archbishop Albert Ranjith, the secretary of the congregation, pointed out in a letter to Cardinal Wilfrid Napier that there are only three blessed oils used in the Roman Ritual, namely, the Oil of Catechumens, the Oil of the Sick, and the Sacred Chrism. The use of any other oil or any other anointing than those found in the approved liturgical books must be considered proscribed and subject to ecclesiastical penalties.

"He asked the South African prelate to report back to Rome on actions taken to end the abuse."