Whether it’s been all the self-isolation caused by the pandemic — or all the self-contemplation — celibacy has been a pretty trendy word within the last year. Even though definitions of the term vary ...

Considering the modern dating world and the recent election results, it's no wonder that many people are entering their "celibacy era." In fact, the term celibacy has over 268 million views on TikTok ...

In 2018 Auzuree Johnson of Youngstown, Ohio, chose celibacy so she could focus on herself. “I was in a period of my life where spiritually and mentally I was wavering. I felt that I needed to keep to ...

The prefect for the Congregation for Bishops, who wrote the new book, Friends of the Bridegroom: For a Renewed Vision of Priestly Celibacy, said celibacy will be understood if the priest has a better ...

I read with interest the recent letter to the editor, “There is purpose to a priest’s celibacy” (Dec. 9) by Rev. Matthew Buening. He writes that celibacy for priests is chosen and not forced, it is a ...

It is a difficult time in the Catholic priesthood. Far too many priests are unfaithful, violating their promise of celibacy in public and notorious ways. Some are actively homosexual, preying upon ...

Word from Pope Francis that clerical celibacy is only “temporary” — it’s been the Catholic Church’s rule for a millennium — signals further change, and possibly, priestly matrimony, in an institution ...

An Irish-born priest spoke out against celibacy in the priesthood in the final days of his life. A priest born in County Kerry has used his final words to question the compulsory celibacy undertaken ...

Retired Pope Benedict XVI has reemerged as the co-author of a new book expressing his belief in priestly celibacy, a potential point of conflict with Pope Francis after bishops in the recent synod on ...

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his election to the See of Peter, Pope Francis sat down with Infobae — a news agency from Argentina — to reminisce about his pontificate and to discuss ...

VATICAN CITY — Retired Pope Benedict XVI has broken his silence to reaffirm the value of priestly celibacy, co-authoring a bombshell book at the precise moment that Pope Francis is weighing whether to ...