NEW YORK - For a species that has transformed mating into an obsession, human beings over the centuries have shown an abiding interest in the opposite of sex - celibacy. The practice is in the ...

During his recent trip to America, Pope Benedict XVI attended a youth rally at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y. -- the same school where enrollment has dwindled to the point that no new ...

BERLIN – Pope Francis says the church must study whether it's possible to ordain married men to minister in remote communities facing priest shortages. In an interview published Thursday with ...

Elizabeth Abbott can't count the number of media calls she has fielded since the sexual-abuse allegations against Roman Catholic priests surfaced several weeks ago. She is the author of a book called ...

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If you would like to celebrate this Dominican legacy, we invite you to attend the Dominican Black & White Gala this December at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. To learn more, go to ...

As far as we know, Jesus never said anything about gay sex. He did, however, take a stand on family life: he was opposed. Those who are worthy of Heaven, he says, in Luke 20:35, need not bother with ...

Since the tragic 2020 death of his wife of 29 years Kelly Preston, John Travolta has mostly kept a low profile — enough so that his recent appearance in a T-Mobile Super Bowl ad was a huge surprise.

Given what we learned this week about the horrible sexual abuse of children by priests of the nation’s oldest diocese, I suppose this qualifies as irony: Offending clergy once came regularly to ...

At least two people were killed and 21 others were hospitalized after a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 35 on the Southwest Side. Read full article: WATCH LIVE: BCSO provides update of man accused ...

Julia Fox is making one thing clear about herself — she doesn’t need a relationship. The 34-year-old model recently celebrated being celibate for more than two years. Although she didn’t mention her ...