Sex, Sexuality, and Celibacy

Contraception

Articles and Commentaries

• Pope discusses changing Church teaching on contraception by CathNews New Zealand

General Information

Articles and Commentaries

• Bishop Rhoades: Prayer, truth and love needed to heal confusion over human sexuality by Gina Christian Our Sunday Visitor/Angelus News

• Sex is ‘divine’: How Pope Francis is recasting Catholic Church’s views on intimacy by Claire Giangravé Religion News Service

• Pope Francis’ Top Doctrine Cop Echoes Occultists Aleister Crowley and Margaret Sanger on the ‘Mystical’ Power of Sex by John Zmirak The Stream/Daily Caller Foundation

• NCR's Newsmaker of 2023: Jeannine Gramick, tireless advocate for LGBTQ Catholics by National Catholic Reporter

• Louisiana priest removed from position after homophobic remarks, years-old abuse claims by Emily Topping GulfLive

• Clash erupts among Vatican officials over sexual morality by CathNews New Zealand

• Fired STM teacher arrested, facing charges of enticing a minor to produce porn by Ashley White Acadiana Advocate

• Children Of Abuse: Celibacy And Sex Scandals In The Catholic Church by Seema Guha Outlook India

• What happens when unconditional Divine Mercy meets our sexual wounds by Andrew Comiskey Our Sunday Visitor

• Tracking priests on dating apps: Why an effort to stop clergy sexual misconduct is causing ethical concerns by Gina Christian OSV News/America

• Cardinal McElroy: Sex and sin need a new framework in the church by America

• Jean Vanier Began L’arche to Cover Abusive "Mystical-Sexual" Practices, Finds Report by Mitchell Atencio Sojourners

• Cardinal McElroy’s Attack on Church Teachings on Sexuality Is a Pastoral Disaster by Father Raymond J. de Souza National Catholic Register

• German Catholic bishops’ leader calls for change to Catechism on sexuality by Catholic News Agency

• Reproductive Abuse in the Context of Clergy Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church by Doris Reisinger MDPI

• Catholic Church calls Scottish govt’s guidelines on underage sex ‘morally bankrupt’ by Charles Collins Crux

• German Catholic bishops welcome initiative seeking change in Church teaching on sexuality by Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• Sexual atoms and molecules by Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk The Pilot

• Ruth Institute’s ‘Survivor’s Summit’ to Explore Rotten Fruit of Sexual Revolution by Kathy Schiffer National Catholic Register

• New ‘benchmarks’ released to help seminaries deal with sexual misconduct by John Lavenburg Crux

• How one Catholic university is trying to create a culture of consent by Jim McDermott America

• Harvard sex week: Catholic spin explained by CathNews New Zealand

• What does Catholic social teaching tell us about sexual harassment? by Brianne Jacobs America

• Sanctissima: Meditations on a Dark Assumption Day by Mary Pezzulo  Patheos

• Sex in the News: How Can we Change the Headlines? by Rachel Leininger Life Teen Community

• Bishops want Trump to end order on gender, sexual identity by Catholic News Service/ Crux

• Disorder in the Order of Malta Last month’s dismissal of the order’s grand chancellor by its grand master, over the order’s involvement in the distribution of artificial contraceptives, has precipitated a serious rift with the Holy See. by Edward Pentin  National Catholic Register

• Human Sexuality Policies for Catholic Schools Cardinal Newman Society Staff

• Marital Sexuality United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

• Love and Sexuality United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Celibacy

Book Reviews and Commentaries

• From the Depths of Our Hearts: Priesthood, Celibacy and the Crisis of the Catholic Church by Pope Benedict XVI and Robert Cardinal Sarah Reviewed by Steven R. McEvoy Book Reviews and More

Articles and Commentaries

• Swiss bishops’ president calls for end of priestly celibacy by CathNews New Zealand

• Pope Francis says he might lift celibacy requirements for priests by The Jerusalem Post

• German Synodal Way approves same-sex blessings, lay preaching, and reexamination of priestly celibacy by Jonathan Liedl Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• Cardinal Grech: The synod ‘needs time’ on the question of married priests by Gerard O’Connell America

• Celibacy rule deprives Church of excellent priests says French bishop by CathNews New Zealand

• Will demand grow to end celibacy, as Pope signals zero tolerance on abuse? by Catholic Herald

• The Catholic Church should scrap the requirement for priestly celibacy by The Economist

• For celibacy to be a gift, it must be grounded in reality by Matt Kappadakunnel U.S. Catholic

• Germany's Cardinal Marx backs loosening of priestly celibacy by The Associated Press/National Catholic Reporter

• Celibacy not 'divine law' for priests, but promotes holiness, speakers say by Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service/The Pilot

• Pope calls priestly celibacy ‘a gift,’ says friendship can make it easier by Elise Ann Allen Crux

• Top European cardinals want changes on homosexuality, priestly celibacy by Elise Ann Allen Crux

• Reason for Celibacy by Father Kenneth Doyle The Boston Pilot

• Beyond priestly celibacy by Isabelle de Gaulmyn La Croix International

• What Priestly Celibacy Means by Fr. Gerald E. Murray The Catholic Thing

• Cardinal’s book on celibacy barely acknowledges Eastern Catholic tradition of married priests by Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service/America

• Understanding add to the debate about celibacy by Greg Erlandson Echoes

• Understanding the Debate about Celibacy by Greg Erlandson  The Pilot

• Benedict is defending celibacy from the media, not from Francis by Charles Collins Crux

• “The Catholic Priesthood”: Benedict XVI on priestly celibacy by Benedict XVI  From the Depths of Our Hearts: Priesthood, Celibacy, and the Crisis of the Catholic Church/The Catholic World Report

• Cardinal denies he manipulated retired pope on celibacy book by Nicole Winfield Associated Press

• Retired pope wants his name removed as co-author of book on celibacy by Cindy Wooden  Catholic News Service/Angelus

• Benedict is defending celibacy from the media, not from Francis by Charles Collins Crux

• Human sexuality education in Aotearoa. A new framing document by CathNews

• The Amazon synod and priestly celibacy by Russell Shaw  The Catholic World Report

• The Synod and Celibacy by Rusell Shaw  Echoes/The Pilot

• The priesthood is being crucified on the cross of celibacy by Fr. Peter Daly The National Catholic Reporter

• Why Catholic bishops need a year of abstinence on preaching about sexuality by John Gehring  Religion News Service

• What's the path to true dialogue about gender in the church? by Daniel P. Horan National Catholic Reporter

• Celibacy -- A Personal Apologia by Father Ron Rolheiser Echoes

• German cardinal urges change in tradition ahead of celibacy discussion by Zita Ballinger Fletcher Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter

Church Documents

Articles and Commentaries

• The Sixth Commandment Catechism of the Catholic Church The Vatican

Book Reviews and Commentaries

• I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé by Michael Arceneaux Commentary by Tre'vell Anderson

Sex Abuse

Articles and Commentaries

• Cardinal McCarrick, seminarians and abuse: how could this happen? by James Martin, S.J.     America

• The Catholic Church should not be shocked by the McCarrick case—it should be ashamed. by The Editors   America

• The Problem with the Bishop Scandals by Dr. Gregory Bottaro  Catholic Psych Institute