Tom McMahon lived with the woman he called his wife and their two sons just 10 miles from where he worked in Northern California. But he hoped his boss would never find out: McMahon was a Roman ...

In the wake of the Second Vatican Council, a wave of now-familiar but then-novel structures emerged: bishops' conferences, priests' councils, parish councils and diocesan pastoral councils. The ...

To say that clerical celibacy can lead to sex abuse is “much too simplistic” because most abuse happens in the family, where the majority of the perpetrators are married men or other family members, a ...

Pope Benedict XVI issued a blistering denunciation Thursday of priests who have questioned church teaching on celibacy and ordaining women, saying they were being selfish in disobeying his authority.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – She uses a wheelchair and carries the weight of her 87 years, but Clelia Luro feels powerful enough to make the Roman Catholic Church pay attention to her campaign to end ...

This insightful analysis explores the historical development and theological reasons behind the Catholic Church mandate on ...

Pope Leo issues orders insisting that priests must be celibate - Leo also said there must be ‘firm and decisive’ action on addressing church sexual abuse ...

A Vatican official has said that he thinks the Catholic Church’s priestly celibacy requirement in the Latin rite should be revised. Archbishop Charles Scicluna, who serves as the archbishop of Malta ...

In quashing the idea of married priests in the Amazon, Pope Francis has appeased traditionalists while disappointing progressives who had hoped for a historic turning point in the Catholic church. In ...

Participants in the Synod of Bishops on Synodality meet in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Oct. 13, 2023. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – In the lead up to this year’s closing session of the ...

In a new interview, Pope Francis has discussed the possibility of revising the Western discipline of priestly celibacy. "There is no contradiction for a priest to marry. Celibacy in the Western Church ...

Italian Archbishop Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s new secretary of state, discussed the Catholic understanding of priestly celibacy in an interview with the Venezuelan newspaper El Universal earlier ...