Anointing Excommunicated

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Is an excommunicated Catholic, unable to make an act of confession, allowed Anointing of the Sick on his or her deathbed for reconcilliation?
 
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Is an excommunicated Catholic, unable to make an act of confession, allowed Anointing of the Sick on his or her deathbed for reconcilliation?
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yes if they ask for it, and if it could reasonably be assumed they would ask for it if able to, the sacrament will be given, the bias is always toward the sacrament.
 
Thanks Annie. I’m just curious. On a related matter, if such a person is not Anointed, can they still have Catholic clergy officiate at a funeral service? I know not a Mass but some type of Catholic funeral? Thank you for your replies.
 
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Is an excommunicated Catholic, unable to make an act of confession, allowed Anointing of the Sick on his or her deathbed for reconcilliation?
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I believe any priest is empowered to lift excommunications and hear confessions of someone on their deathbed, and even to lift the excommunication and grant absolution to an unconscious person (the efficacy of the sacrament would be dependent on the person’s actual desire to receive it).
 
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“The Church denies funeral rites to the following people, unless they gave some signs of repentance before death: notorious apostates, heretics, and schismatics”

What is meant by “notorious”?
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**no·to·ri·ous **[noh-**tawr-ee-uhs, -tohr-, nuh-]
–adjective
  1. widely and unfavorably known: a notorious gambler.
  2. publicly or generally known, as for a particular trait: a newspaper that is notorious for its sensationalism.
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It’s basically someone who is widely known to have left the faith and remained unrepentant. Someone like Seth MacFarlane (creator of “Family Guy”; baptized Catholic but is now a publicly self-proclaimed atheist) might fit the bill.

If it was not widely known, the Church would err on the side of giving them a funeral because, well, because nobody would really know what the deceased’s wishes might be.
 
CMatt25 said:
Is an excommunicated Catholic, unable to make an act of confession, allowed Anointing of the Sick on his or her deathbed for reconcilliation?
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Possibly, but it would depend on the reason for the Excommunication.
 
Joe_5859 said:
**no·to·ri·ous **[noh-**tawr
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-ee-uhs, -tohr-, nuh-]
–adjective
  1. widely and unfavorably known: a notorious gambler.
  2. publicly or generally known, as for a particular trait: a newspaper that is notorious for its sensationalism.
😉

It’s basically someone who is widely known to have left the faith and remained unrepentant. Someone like Seth MacFarlane (creator of “Family Guy”; baptized Catholic but is now a publicly self-proclaimed atheist) might fit the bill.

If it was not widely known, the Church would err on the side of giving them a funeral because, well, because nobody would really know what the deceased’s wishes might be.

Thanks. I knew the general definition of “notorious”. I just didn’t know if the Church meant only widely known highly public figures or any Tom, Dick, or Harry, or average Joe whose family or friends might know they are not in good standing but who are not widely known.
 
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