[Conservative til I die]

If you want to play semantics games, fine. But the fact is, even accepting your literal definition, a celibate Catholic is by default a chaste Catholic. Catholics are not supposed to have sex outside of marriage. That means if you ain't married, you ain't having sex. Ever.

[Dajjal]

Conservative til I die: "But the fact is, even accepting your literal definition, a celibate Catholic is by default a chaste Catholic."
I agree 100%.

SuziQ: "Which I believe is the reason for the Pope's recent statement on preparing men for the priesthood and men and women for the religious life. He re-states the Church's teachings on celibacy, stressing chastity. In the Church's mind, the two are synonymous."
I agree 100%.

"Anyone who tries to separate the two in order to bypass the teaching is trying to justify sinful behavior.
I agree 100%. They are not separate, just distinct. Avowed celibacy implies total chastity of the unmarried state.

My own thought is that precision of language is a means of attacking the Modernists' arguments. Maryz and Smedleybutler are correct that common-usage English equates the two terms.

Pray to St. Peter Damian for reform.