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                    [ArticleID] => 2334795
                    [Title] => Shaira Diaz, EA Guzman open up on 11-year celibacy before marriage
                    [Summary] => Celebrity couple Shaira Diaz and EA Guzman opened up about practicing celibacy during the course of their decade-long relationship.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-02-21 08:57:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1806731
                    [AuthorName] => Kristofer Purnell
                    [SectionName] => Health And Family
                    [SectionUrl] => health-and-family
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/02/20/shaira-diaz-ea-guzman_2024-02-20_15-49-14473_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1428880
                    [Title] => Celibacy: Obligatory or Optional?
                    [Summary] => 

Celibacy is defined as: 1) the state of being unmarried, especially that of a person under a vow not to marry; and 2) complete sexual continence.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1106840 [AuthorName] => Agustin L. Sollano, Jr. [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 933971 [Title] => Pope is asked to make priestly celibacy optional [Summary] =>

She uses a wheelchair and carries the weight of her 87 years, but Clelia Luro feels powerful enough to make the Roman Catholic Church pay attention to her campaign to end priestly celibacy.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-23 03:15:49 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 713917 [Title] => Priestly celibacy [Summary] =>

I know I am treading on dangerous water here.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134343 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096945 [AuthorName] => Fr. Roy Cimagala [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 558757 [Title] => Priests with love lives speak out against celibacy [Summary] =>

Leon Laclau shared his life, and often, his bed, with Marga over 20 years — all while serving as a Catholic priest in a town in the French Pyrenees.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-18 05:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 558749 [Title] => In the news again [Summary] =>

I am referring to the issue of priestly celibacy. The slew of scandals involving priests in child abuse cases now popping up in Ireland, Germany and in other countries in Europe is again putting the spotlight on whether priestly celibacy is any help to a priest's life and ministry.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134343 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096945 [AuthorName] => Fr. Roy Cimagala [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 557947 [Title] => Vatican denies celibacy rule led to sex scandal [Summary] =>

The Vatican on Sunday denied that its celibacy requirement for priests was the root cause of the clerical sex abuse scandal convulsing the church in Europe and again defended the pope's handling of the crisis.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-15 13:41:22 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 557927 [Title] => Vatican denies celibacy rule led to sex scandal [Summary] =>

The Vatican on yesterday denied that its celibacy requirement for priests was the root cause of the clerical sex abuse scandal convulsing the church in Europe and again defended the pope's handling of the crisis.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-15 03:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 211952 [Title] => More on married Catholic priests [Summary] => Although many readers agree with my views against married priesthood, a few others do not. They harp on the usual arguments that enforced celibacy has no biblical basis, that it was not practiced by the church in the first 300 years or so of its existence. It is their contention that St. Peter and the rest of the apostles were married but that did not make them less credible and holy. They also stress on the reality that priests are human and it is natural for them to respond to a natural need. This reality is denied if priests are forced to remain single, so the argument goes.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 211555 [Title] => Married Catholic priests? [Summary] => It may be part of human nature for a person to crave for his 15 minutes of fame. Becoming a celebrity even just for a few moments is a rare opportunity that cannot easily be given up. One way or another there is a feeling of delight on being in the limelight. And more so for one who has been overshadowed for quite a time by his more capable and thus more popular colleagues. But I am appalled that even a priest succumbs to this lure of prominence. [DatePublished] => 2003-06-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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