Returning Catholic FAQs: Anointing of the Sick

O n Mondays, I answer questions frequently asked by those considering a return to the Catholic Church. How do I know this stuff? I was away for more than 30 years myself, and am the co-author of When They Come Home: Ways to Welcome Returning Catholics , a book for pastors and parish leaders interested in this ministry.

How close to death do I have to be to receive the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick and of the Dying?

Have you begun to be in danger of death, due to old age or illness such...