I do wish people would stop confusing celibacy with chastity, though. The vow of celibacy is a vow never to formally marry. The vow of chastity is the vow to behave themselves. In French the word "celibataire" simply means a bachelor, in accord with the Latin.
Pray to St. Peter Damian for reform.
As does the Latin root, I understand. In normal usage in present-day English, however, "celibate" means to be unmarried and refrain from sex. The only ones who use the word depending on its etymology are the gay priests and seminarians and their supporters; they're being disingenuous and they know it is, quite literally, "double-talk."
chastity (chàs´tî-tê) noun
1.The condition or quality of being pure or chaste.
2.a. Virginity. b. Virtuous character. c. Celibacy.
[Middle English chastite, from Old French chastete, from Latin castitâs, from castus, pure. See chaste.]
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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, and anyone who tries to separate the two in order to bypass the teaching is trying to justify sinful behavior.
Great clarification.