The question of whether clergy should be allowed to marry isn’t just a religious debate. It actually cuts into deep questions about tradition, humanity, power, and how we define devotion. For some, ...

In the wake of the Second Vatican Council, a wave of now-familiar but then-novel structures emerged: bishops' conferences, priests' councils, parish councils and diocesan pastoral councils. The ...

How long will it take the Catholic Church around the world to wake up to the simple fact that it is being destroyed by it's rule of celibacy – i.e. priests and nuns are forever banned from marriage.

For her entire adulthood, Melissa Febos went from one relationship to another, shaping her life around each new partner’s needs and desires. At the age of 35 she decided she needed a break. On today's ...

When writer Melissa Febos was 35, she decided to temporarily give up sex. "I was coming off a devastating relationship where I had become so obsessive. I had gone completely off the rails," she says.

In her new memoir, The Dry Season, author Melissa Febos writes about the freedom and pleasure she experienced during her one-year break from sex. Febos's provocative book is part of a growing trend of ...