Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
That was the problem with the 'celibate' word because they don't consider for a moment that you'd rather not be, but you just are. I was never a sexual person.
Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.
The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
If, hypothetically, Western Catholicism were to review the issue of celibacy, I think it would do so for cultural reasons, not so much as a universal option.
I might be celibate, but I appreciate the wonder of the sacrament of marriage.
Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.
I have been celibate for about six or seven months, I think. I would rather just make out and kiss someone instead of sex. I'm single. I said I would be single for a year and I am.
I went to Catholic school and they basically just said don't have sex, but would never explain anything.
Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond.
The truly longstanding tradition in the church is that some are called to celibacy. Some feel called to it. But the church has never supported that celibacy be mandated for someone not called to it. It's never imposed on someone.