Celibacy

All the Hub’s a stage

Edit Boston Herald 19 Jun 2016

Sorry, you still can’t see “Hamilton” in Boston. On the bright side, for what it would cost to travel to New York to see the Tony-magnet, you can get tickets to every single production in our Summer Theater Preview. Seriously, tickets for next weekend’s “Hamilton” performances on Broadway top out at about $5,000 a seat on StubHub ... • “Spider Cult ... 7 ... Then four women crash the celibacy attempt....

The Unbelievable Tale of Jesus’s Wife

Edit The Atlantic 16 Jun 2016

Its main point, King argued, was that “women who are wives and mothers can be Jesus’s disciples.” She thought the passage likely figured into ancient debates over whether “marriage or celibacy [was] the ideal mode of Christian life” and, ultimately, whether a person could be both sexual and holy....

Will the FDA’s Policy on Blood Donation From Gay Men Change After the Orlando Massacre?

Edit Newsweek 14 Jun 2016

Try Newsweek. Subscription offers ... However, Hayes and other gay rights advocates have called the one-year wait time revised policy “a de facto lifetime ban,” and the GMHC recently launched a campaign rallying for blood donor equality with one poster that reads “One year of celibacy? Are you f***ing kidding me?” (Some of the other posters include “My blood is type O, not type homo” and “My blood is type A, not type gay.”) ... ban a reality....

Breaking Glass Pictures acquires 'Fall'

Edit IMDb 13 Jun 2016

Exclusive ... “This timely film attempts to explore celibacy and sexuality, ». - jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay). ....

The last 'sworn virgin' of Montenegro

Edit The Guardian 13 Jun 2016

Fears for health of survivor of traditional practice that allowed women without brothers to live as men and inherit property. An unusual practice has stubbornly endured in remote villages in the Balkans since medieval times ... She would dress like a man ... Her vow of celibacy and her promise to look after her mother, sisters and the family property were lifetime commitments ... Related ... Balkan women who pledged celibacy to live as men ... Twitter ... ....

Orlando shooting: Gay men outraged over continued ban on blood donation

Edit CNN 13 Jun 2016

(CNN)Of the hundreds of people lining up around the block to donate blood to the victims of the Orlando shooting, one group was not required. Gay or bisexual men who have had sex with another man in the past 12 months are not allowed to donate blood, according to official rules from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ... history. Live updates. Latest from Orlando. Read More ... Celibacy 'compromise' for gay blood donors is discriminatory ... ....

Why Gay Men Still Can't Donate Blood

Edit Bloomberg 13 Jun 2016

In the aftermath of the shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando that killed 49 people and injured 53, blood centers were overwhelmed with people who wanted to donate ... Kelsey Louie, chief executive of Gay Men’s Health Crisis, called the new FDA guidelines “a baby step in the right direction." ... "They are taking a group of people—gay and bisexual men—and saying that only they have to have one year of celibacy." ... ....

ARCHBISHOP GOMEZ ORDAINS 13 NEW DEACONS TODAY FOR THE ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES (The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Jun 2016

(Source. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles). ARCHBISHOP GOMEZ ORDAINS 13 NEW DEACONS TODAY FOR THE ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES June 12, 2016 . By. newsroom . Press Releases .. Double amputee and a deaf bilingual sign language translator are among the Class of 2016. Archbishop José H ... Members of St ... Married and single men may be ordained permanent deacons, but single men must make a commitment to celibacy at their ordination ... Louis N....

Estero Historic Preservation Citizens Committee tours of Boomer Home

Edit Naples Daily News 10 Jun 2016

If houses could talk, the Boomer Home would have many tales to tell — of faith, of loss, of retreat and of adventures from the past 100 years. This historic manor fronts the Estero River and sits on about 25 acres at the southwest corner of U.S. 41 and Broadway Avenue ... "He was definitely charismatic ... Although she took a vow of celibacy, she was married and had four children before following Teed to his New Jerusalem in Estero ... 41 ... ....

The Last Sworn Virgin Of Montenegro

Edit Radio Free Europe 09 Jun 2016

An unusual medieval practice has stubbornly endured until the present day in remote villages in Montenegro (and a few other places in the Balkans). Traditionally, if the head of a household in this strongly patriarchal society died without a male heir, one of his daughters could choose to become a man ... Her vow a celibacy and her promise to look after her mother, any sisters, and the family property were lifetime commitments ... Mark ... ....

Cases of Two Priests Illustrate the Hierarchy’s Inadequacy of Dealing With Gay Clergy (New Ways Ministry)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Jun 2016

'Priests who are gay find themselves wrestling not just with a vow of celibacy but feeling stigmatised as 'sinful' by a Church that preaches against homosexuality ... It's important to at least ponder the idea that had he been able to acknowledge and share information about his orientation with parishioners and superiors, he might not have felt the need to put his vow of celibacy on the line....

Bishop Barres ordains two men as new priests for diocese (Diocese of Allentown)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Jun 2016

(Source. Diocese of Allentown). June 08, 2016 at 10.29 AM. By TAMI QUIGLEY Staff writer. Bishop John Barres ordained two men to the priesthood June 4 during a morning ceremony at the Cathedral of St ... Tags.. Category. LOCAL ... The priest's contemplative and sacrificial commitment to celibacy inspires the families he serves in his parish and beyond, and is a prophetic and charitable 'sign of contradiction' to the entire human family ... Hodges U.S....

Bishops to be sacked for negligence over sex abuse

Edit Press TV 05 Jun 2016

Pope Francis has announced that the Catholic bishops who fail to report cases of sex abuse of children can be removed from office ... "As a loving mother, the Church loves all her children, but treats and protects with a very particular affection the smaller and helpless ... Some theologians have argued that the church's policy on celibacy fosters sexual dysfunction and abusive behavior among priests. ....