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

The Catholic hierarchy has simply ignored the obvious solution to this problem for decades. Under Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI, the discussion of married priests was forbidden.

For most priests, daily life and duties depended largely on their gender and their rank within the hierarchy of priests. At the top of the tree was the high priest, or 'sem priest', the 'First ...

Africa’s Catholic hierarchy refuses same-sex blessings, says such unions are contrary to God’s will. Congolese Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo said it wasn’t appropriate for African priests to ...

One priest, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to previous media exposure, lays the blame on a lack of trust: “Pope Francis does not trust the bishops. The bishops do not trust the ...

A psychologist priest once advised me to move away from the scandal for my own good. It would have been ethically unconscionable to do so, knowing what I then knew.

The French worker-priest movement, one of the century's most exciting and most debated religious experiments, ... There were signs that the French hierarchy, ...

ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 6, 2024 / 18:00 pm. Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-taek of Seoul recently ordained 16 new priests and 25 new deacons for the archdiocese that will host World Youth Day 2027 in ...