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 ...

PELHAM, New York -- A shocking report out of Australia suggests ending mandatory celibacy for Catholic priests could help protect children from sexual abuse. The study claims tens of thousands of ...

Clerical celibacy is an issue that the ongoing final sessions of the Synod on Synodality should have discussed. However, the hierarchy continues to peripheralize it, despite its deleterious impacts on ...

Explore the argument that Catholic clerical celibacy is less about sex and more about a system of power. This piece examines how it fosters secrecy, control, and the marginalization of women within ...

The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo is currently grappling with a significant shortage of priests, a situation that is expected to become even more critical over the next 5 to 10 years. This shortage has ...

CANBERRA, Australia -- An Australian inquiry into child abuse recommended Friday the Catholic Church lift its demand of celibacy from clergy and priests be prosecuted for failing to report evidence of ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A Brazilian cardinal recently named to head the Vatican department overseeing the world's Catholic priests on Monday played down a remark he made suggesting the Church might ...

ROME -- Pope Leo XIV affirmed Wednesday that priests must be celibate and insisted that bishops take "firm and decisive" action to deal with sex abusers, as he gave marching orders Wednesday to the ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Monday its plan to allow married Anglican priests to convert to Catholicism does not signal any change to its age-old rule of celibacy for the overwhelming ...