Are All Monks Priests? Religious Orders and the Priesthood Explained

Learn the difference between priests, nuns, religious sisters, friars, and monks in this breakdown of Catholic religious life. Sources: CIC Can. 1191 (A vow defined): https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iu.... 1 Corinthians 7 (St. Paul on marriage): https://bible.usccb.org/bible/1corint... CIC Can. 277 (Catholic Priests are obliged to be celibate): https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iu... CIC Can. 285 (A priest must not live lavishly): https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iu... CIC Can. 533 (Priests live in rectories): https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iu... Matthew 19 (Jesus advises the rich young man to forego property): https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/19 FAQs- Priesthood, Ordination, Seminary (The vows of a priest): https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-tea... St. Benedict: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedic... The Order of St. Benedict: https://osb.org/our-roots/a-brief-his... Marriam Webster (Mendicant Definition): https://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti... St. Conrad Province - Our History (History of Franciscans): https://www.capuchins.org/our-history St. Patrick Priory (History of Dominicans): https://stpatrickpriory.org/history/ Conception Seminary (The distinction between brother, monk, priest): https://www.conceptionabbey.org/pries... Source for me saying friaries are built in cities rather than outside them: I’ve stayed in a few. Marriam Webster (Friar means brother): https://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti... Jesuit FAQ: https://beajesuit.org/faqs/ Vatican News (Saint Scholastica): https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/... Vatican News (Saint Clare): https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/... Sisters of Mercy website (Sisters aren't the same as nuns): https://www.sistersofmercy.org/faq/wh... Canon Law Made Easy (More details on sisters vs. nuns): https://canonlawmadeeasy.com/2009/03/... History Today: A Woman Jesuit and the Mother of the Church in Canada (The Jesuits don't have female members); https://jesuites.ca/stories/history-t... Missionaries of Charity (It’s an all female order): https://www.missionariesofcharity.org... Secular Third Orders: https://religiouslife.com/resource/th... Note that this resource lists the wrong canon, they mean CIC 303 under the current code: https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iu... Dominican Third Orders: https://www.op.org.au/about-the-domin... Resource saying that they don’t take the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience: https://catholicstand.com/lay-dominic...