A new Vatican document suggests the possibility of married men as priests and women in leading roles in the Catholic church in the Amazon. This question has been raised by a preparatory document for a ...

The Roman Catholic church has demanded celibacy of its priests since the Middle Ages, calling it a “spiritual gift” that enables men to devote themselves fully to the church. But as a shortage of ...

Ara is one of as many as 100,000 men worldwide who have left the Roman Catholic priesthood, many of them in order to marry. In the U.S. there are as many as 20,000 married priests (conservative ...

A husband and father of three daughters will become the area’s first married Roman Catholic priest when he is ordained Saturday in Allegany County.

May 11—ROCHESTER — Father David Medow knows what he is. Father of two children. Husband to June, his wife of 46 years. And a Catholic priest. All that makes Medow one more thing: "A curiosity." That's ...

Phil and Linda Marcin met five decades ago, but he still gets a twinkle in his eye when he describes the first time he saw the "beautiful blonde" who would eventually become his wife. The only problem ...

ROCHESTER — Father David Medow knows what he is. Father of two children. Husband to June, his wife of 46 years. And a Catholic priest. All that makes Medow one more thing: “A curiosity.” That’s ...

At a glance, Spirit of Grace church in Beaverton might appear to be just one of many progressive Protestant churches, not unusual in the Pacific Northwest. Its website and featured introduction video ...

ROCHESTER — Father David Medow knows what he is. Father of two children. Husband to June, his wife of 46 years. And a Catholic priest. All that makes Medow one more thing: “A curiosity.” That’s ...