By going to Seminary School and becoming a priest or brother.
Priests, Deacons, Bishops, Cardinals, Monsignor's, the Pope, are all members of the Catholic clergy.
Yes, the Catholic clergy.
Catholic clergy make a vow of chastity - no sex.
One difference is that Protestant clergy can marry, Catholic clergy cannot and are required to remain celibate.
The Catholic clergy were the First Estate.
A cenobite is a monk or nun who lives as a member of a religious community. Some cenobites are Catholic clergy. For instance, most Benedictine choir monks are ordained priests. But, no, most Catholic clergy are not cenobites.
The Catholic Clergy
The clergy of the Catholic Church consists of the Bishops, the priests, and the deacons: all ordained clergy.
Any clergy who has been convicted of pedophila is automatically laicized (removed from the clergy and barred from presenting himself as Catholic clergy). Excommuncication is something entirely different, a convicted pedophile who was a member of the clergy may or may not be excommunicated depending on other factors.
The Catholic Clergy.
The Catholic Clergy.
In the news, Pope Francis said that 2% of clergy are pedophiles.