Article: Celibacy & the future of the priesthood: seminarians today.

Article: The priesthood(s) Jesus gave us.
Catholic Insight;  October 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... queries about the Catholic priesthood abound. A fundamental question ... origin of the Catholic ministerial priesthood itself. Many doubt that Jesus ... establish it. In fact, many see the priesthood as a later "invention" of the ...

Article: The common and the ordained priesthood.
Theological Studies;  June 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Despite the fact that the common priesthood of the faithful had already been taught in Pius ... the question of the relation of this form of the priesthood to the ministerial priesthood, the topic of the present article.(2) The council ...

Article: Young Catholics see priesthood as boring, outdated High ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 21, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... attracting youth into the priesthood is tough. Although he is now working with three Pius students who have shown an interest ... least 15 years since a Pius student went into the priesthood. The students interviewed indicated that ...

Article: Lessons for all on priesthood's future.(GOODBYE FATHER: ...
National Catholic Reporter;  December 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... FATHER: THE CELIBATE MALE PRIESTHOOD AND THE FUTURE OF THE CATHOLIC ... Notre Dame, who had been a student of Schoenherr's, edited ... celebrated by a sacramental priesthood, at the center of Catholic ... the end of the male celibate priesthood. First will come optional ...

Article: Living on the Border of the Holy: Renewing the Priesthood ...
Anglican and Episcopal History;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... of the Holy: Renewing the Priesthood of All. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ... an historian and lifelong student of ministry, I am reminded ... foundational a perspective on "priesthood" that encompasses the whole ... is upon the "fundamental priesthood" that "resides in the humanity ...

Article: Celibacy of the priesthood is a church strength, not a ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... are calling for an end to the celibate priesthood. They regard celibacy as self-evidently ... has viewed celibacy as important to priesthood for at least 1,000 years. In the ... s understandings of the nature of priesthood, of sex and of love. The Catholic ...

Article: 'Gay culture' a threat to US priesthood
Scotland on Sunday;  June 11, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... is claiming that the Roman Catholic priesthood has become "primarily a gay culture ... vocations. The Changing Face of the Priesthood, by Father Donald Cozzens, says an ... century is the growing perception that the priesthood is, or is becoming, a gay profession ...