Having just celebrated the Sinulog Festival in honor of the Child Jesus, Cebuanos must still be nursing a religious hangover, ...

Moreover, both the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Rite Catholic churches allow married clergy. So do Protestants; and, in fact, the rejection of clerical celibacy was a much larger issue for the ...

Feb. 2, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, has in recent years been devoted to celebration of the consecrated life ...

This week we shall consider “Gnosticism,” a movement which was similar in some ways to Christianity but in other ways very ...

Be their comfort, be their joy, be their strength, and especially help them to live and to defend the ideals of consecrated celibacy. Lord Jesus, we your people pray to You for our priests.

GERMAN Jesuit Fr Hans Zollner says the Church has made strides against the scourge of sexual abuse but warned it would never ...

In a world increasingly shaped by dating apps and hookup culture, an unexpected trend is gaining momentum: the rise of celibacy. Once primarily associated ...