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| • | Since the 13th century, a discipline of the Catholic Church has required priests in Latin Rite (i.e. Western) Catholic jurisdictions and bishops in both Latin Rite and Eastern Rite jurisdictions to be celibate. (In this context, celibate is not synonymous with sexually abstinent; celibate means not married.) The discipline of celibacy is not considered one of the infallible immutable dogmas, and so exceptions are occasionally allowed (see clerical celibacy). In particular, present-day church law allows the College of Cardinals to elect a married man to the papacy, although that has not happened since the 14th century. According to the Gospels, Saint Peter was married. According to the tradition of the Catholic Church, and supported by the archaeological evidence of his tomb on Vatican Hill, St. Peter founded the Christian community in Rome and became its bishop.
Some popes were sexually active before their election as pope; and it has sometimes been claimed that other Popes were sexually active during their papacies.
Periods in parentheses refer to the years of their papacies.
Source: [wikipedia: list of sexually active popes]
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