Article: CELIBACY NOT CODIFIED UNTIL 1917.(NEWS)

Byline: Associated Press

The celibacy mandate is relatively recent in the 2,000 years of the Roman Catholic Church.

Historians say many priests did not choose celibacy until around the 4th century. Not until the Council of Trent in the 16th century was priestly celibacy urged. ...

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