Sacerdotalis caelibatus
Sacerdotalis Caelibatus is the title of the sixth encyclical of Pope Paul VI. dated June 24, 1967. It bears the subtitle on the celibacy of priests . Paul VI had withdrawn the question of celibacy , i.e. the celibacy of priests , from discussion at the Second Vatican Council . Instead, he decided that celibacy should be maintained as a church regulation. The encyclical explores the problem very deeply.