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If a priest is summoned in a Last Rites situation, but the patient dies prior to their arrival, ''none'' of the sacraments may be administered:

{{quote|When a priest has been called to attend a person who is already dead, he is not to administer the sacrament of anointing. Instead, he should pray for the dead person, asking that God forgive his or her sins and graciously receive him or her into the kingdom. It is appropriate that he lead the family and friends, if they are present, in some of the prayers suggested at the end of the ~~“Commendation~~ of the Dying"...|"Rites for Emergencies" at the ''[http://www.ibreviary.com/m/preghiere.php?tipo{{=}}Rito&id{{=}}229|iBreviary]''}}

{{quote|When a priest has been called to attend a person who is already dead, he is not to administer the sacrament of anointing. Instead, he should pray for the dead person, asking that God forgive his or her sins and graciously receive him or her into the kingdom. It is appropriate that he lead the family and friends, if they are present, in some of the prayers suggested at the end of the "Commendation of the Dying"...|"Rites for Emergencies" at the ''[http://www.ibreviary.com/m/preghiere.php?tipo{{=}}Rito&id{{=}}229|iBreviary]''}}

That doesn't stop scriptwriters from having priest characters perform "Last Rites" on the dead anyway.

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== [[Fan Works]] ==

* [[Averted Trope|Averted]] ''and'' [[Discussed Trope|discussed]] in the [[The Teraverse|"Teraverse"]] story ''[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-31699-1/CaptainBoulanger+It+s+Just+A+Habit.htm It's Just A Habit]'' by "Captain Boulanger". At the start of the story [[Narrator|POV character]] Marie O'Neill is a Catholic Eucharistic minister -- a variety of Catholic lay-clergy with a very limited remit -- and in one chapter (the source of the page quote above), she remarks on the difference between the movies and reality when it comes to the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.

* ''[[Astral Journey: It's Complicated]]'': [[Spice Girls|Emma]] sees her body being given this, despite getting better later on. She considers it as "back-up".

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