celibate

'I was celibate when I was like 17 years and for 8 years after I became a Christian.'

"But I had to force myself to become celibate because I was fixated on sex for too long.

Such a person could be a wonderful religious or priestly minister for the church, they just feel they can't minister as celibate.

Early on in the Church, bishops were selected from the celibate priests, a tradition that stood before the mandatory celibate priesthood.

26 ( ANI ): Yoga guru Ramdev, on Monday, said the greatest pride of life is to be 'sanyasi' (celibate).

Jesus Christ remained celibate on earth, signifying his total dedication to the service of God and humanity.

The report concluded that "there is an elevated risk of child sexual abuse where compulsorily celibate male clergy or religious have privileged access to children in certain types of Catholic institutions, including schools, residential institutions and parishes." This conclusion follows in part from the commission's finding that more than 60 percent of all survivors who were abused in religious institutions reported that the abuse happened through the Catholic church.

6 Newly celibate Russell Brand has replaced sex with, erm, rock climbing.

A FORMER Hare Krishna devotee who spent 10 years living in a temple learning how to be celibate has been jailed for 18 years after a string of sex assaults.

I believe there are many men who are qualified to be a priest but obviously not prepared to be a celibate. He who can take it, let him do it.

This ecclesiological fact carries more weight than the Church law of a celibate priesthood.

Grounded on a mature spirituality and an equally mature anthropology of human sexuality, this book takes the reader into the heart of healthy celibate living.

Vancouver, WA, August 04, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Barking Rain Press, a non-profit US publisher, announced the print and eBook release of the YA Fantasy novel “The Celibate Succubus” from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, author Barton Paul Levenson.

It follows the disclosure that the Church of England has dropped its opposition to gay clergy becoming bishops if they agree to stay celibate.