Book of Donmon Teith

The Roman Catholic Church faces a staggering loss of diocesan priests in the United States as it moves into the twenty-first century, and there is little chance

These new essays examine one of the major developments of the central Middle Ages: the emergence of a celibate clergy. Drawing on the work of historians and sch

Preface. Introduction. Part I Celibacy, Patriarchy, and the Priest Shortage. 1 Celibate Exclusivity Is the Issue. 2 Compulsory Celibacy and the Priest Shortage.

Discusses how younger people are being attracted to the timelessness of the Catholic Church's teachings in contradiction to the aging generation who wanted prog