Two years ago, a group of young men in Spokane, Washington, posted an ad on the Craigslist volunteer page for a “Generic Father for Backyard BBQ.” Applicants, the ad continued, should have 18 years’ ...

Father Thomas McGovern, a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei in Dublin, is the author of “Priestly Celibacy Today.” He was interviewed recently by Register staff writer John Burger on issues about ...

Commentators and critics, Catholic and non-Catholic alike, have in recent months called for an end to the discipline of priestly celibacy, especially in the wake of revelations of widespread ...

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 ...

Oct. 28, 2004, 8:54 AM EDT / Source: Reuters Nearly 60 percent of Irish Catholic priests say celibacy should not be compulsory — but almost the same number think scrapping the rule would not help to ...

During the ordination ceremony last week for his diocese, Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of San Cristobal de las Casas in Chiapas, Mexico, made a passionate defense of celibacy, calling it the ...

NYERI COUNTY, Kenya - He was a priest just out of seminary. She was a nurse. They were both from the slopes of Mount Kenya, but their paths improbably crossed in Rome. He became unshakable in his ...

At each of the four Masses in Eind hoven’s Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Dutch Bishop Willem Bekkers mounted the pulpit to tell the parish some startling news: two of their priests were resigning ...

To opt for Catholic priesthood and a life of celibacy is a vocation freely and independently chosen. Celibacy is chosen freely as a gift for the sake of the Kingdom of God. No doubt, the vow involves ...

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 ...

For both traditionalists and modernizers in the Roman Catholic Church, everything seems tied up with this priestly requirement. By Christopher Caldwell Mr. Caldwell, a contributing Opinion writer, is ...