ROME (RNS) — In an interview published Friday (March 10), Pope Francis called celibacy in the priesthood a gift from God but also a 'provisional' discipline observed mostly in the Western Church that ...

VATICAN CITY — The requirement that most priests in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church be celibate has theological and spiritual foundations and not only practical motivations, said speakers at an ...

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 ...

In recent times there has been an increasing number of challenges to the rule of mandatory celibacy for priests. This is understandable in a society that has become sexually permissive almost beyond ...

It's about Jesus," Linde said of affirming churches. The theology around celibacy doesn't make sense to her either, and Linde now says she believes gay relationships are OK. She expects this will ...