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How did celibacy become mandatory for priests?

  • Written by Kim Haines-Eitzen, Professor of Early Christianity, Cornell University
imageCardinals, bishops and priests renew their vows of celibacy, poverty and obedience with Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, April 9, 1998.AP Photo/Plinio Lepri

Priestly celibacy, or rather the lack of it, is in the news. There have been allegations of sex orgies, prostitution and pornography against Catholic clerics...

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