Taylor Powell was 22 when she realized her dating life wasn't what she wanted it to be. She was fed up with the hookup culture fostered on dating apps and looking for an emotional connection, so in ...

Whether it’s been all the self-isolation caused by the pandemic — or all the self-contemplation — celibacy has been a pretty trendy word within the last year. Even though definitions of the term vary ...

Choosing not to engage in sexual activity is more common than we may think. Whether it’s taking a break due to health-related reasons or is based on personal and religious beliefs, the meaning of ...

Celibacy is a discipline, not a doctrine, and some think it's time it was abolished. Critics of the practice point to scandals of long-time sexual abuse by priests that have emerged in recent years, ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Priestly celibacy, or rather the lack of it, is in the news. There have been allegations of sex orgies, ...

Pope Benedict XVI’s choice as the church’s top official for priests has said that celibacy “is not a dogma,” and that the Catholic church “can reflect” on the subject. The explosive character of the ...

Mýa has a new found sense of “mental clarity” after going on a seven-year celibacy journey. The 44-year-old singer opened up about her extensive practice during an interview on Way Up with Angela Yee ...

Why would someone join an institution that removed the option of family life and required them to be celibate? Reproduction, after all, is at the very heart of the evolution that shaped us. Yet many ...

When the American Cardinals met with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican recently, they reaffirmed their belief in celibacy. CARDINAL THEODORE McCARRICK, Archbishop of Washington, D.C.: It's not the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender people who have flocked to City Church of San Francisco are no longer required to practice celibacy in order to become members. Since ...

Speaking to 239 Bishops of the General Synod meeting this morning at the Vatican, Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney criticized recommendations to remove the discipline of mandatory celibacy ...

IN AN interview with a German magazine earlier this month, Pope Francis suggested that he would be open to the idea of allowing married men to become priests. Such a change, though momentous, would be ...