4 Reasons Why Married Priests Won’t Solve The “Vocation Crisis” In The West 

Just another project of the Revolutionaries since the time of V2 Council. This is a solution offered to solve a problem. Celibacy will always be a challenge to most human beings for most or all of their lives. Having said that, the Roman Church had massive vocations of priests, monks, nuns and other religious....for at least 100 years-before V2. Of course, the Conciliar Church will never concede that the solution will not solve the problem since THEY and their imposter Church is the problem.

wouldn’t this be considered a bandaid and only looking at short term fixes without looking at long term consequences

The catholic church as the power to bind and unbind and its its wisdom, it believes unmarried clergy are the best for the flock.

It isn't a universal teaching though. It wasn't required for 1100 years. Its a purely Roman Church thing. It isn't doctrine. It isn't a development of doctrine either. There are 23 Eastern Catholic Churches that don't have that discipline. If mandated priestly celibacy is anything more than a mere discipline, you are left with a weird situation for Eastern Catholic Churches. It would mean that they are "Less" Catholic than the Roman Church. The discipline of Celibate Priests in the west happened at a specific time for specific reasons. The property issue in a medieval socioeconomic system was one of them. Cleaning up the Clergy and ending the scandal was another one. People argued and lobbied for it on and off for hundreds of years before it became the policy. Even if the same liberals want to push Women Priests and Married Priests at the same time does not mean they are actually related issues. Women Priests are a dogmatic impossibility. Married Priest, even Bishops or Popes is a matter of discipline and prudence. They are categorically different questions. The particular issues and conditions that made mandated celibacy seem like a good idea in the 12th century simply don't exist anymore. Owning property is common and no one is worried about the priest's kids inheriting church lands. People are more worried if their priest is into abusing children then they are worried about him abusing his status to keep mistresses. No one is saying celibacy isn't a higher calling, but at the same time total poverty is a higher calling and we don't demand that of everyone including secular priests. It isn't for everyone and neither is celibacy. Lots of more traditionally minded Catholics hang on to medieval traditions as if they are apostolic. Another example is receiving from the cup. Some people refuse to take the cup because it was taken away from the laity in the middle ages in the west (if that was ever actually a good idea is completely debatable) but they will insist on sticking to a 700 year old discipline of not receiving from the cup instead of following the 2000 year old tradition that, in the long view of history was the rule. People pushed and lobbied for mandated celibacy when it made sense, and now that it no longer does, they are within their rights to request a review of the policy.

@@5MinuteCatholicApologetics It isn't a universal teaching though. It wasn't required for 1100 years. Its a purely Roman Church thing. It isn't doctrine. It isn't a development of doctrine either. There are 23 Eastern Catholic Churches that don't have that discipline. If mandated priestly celibacy is anything more than a mere discipline, you are left with a weird situation for Eastern Catholic Churches. It would mean that they are "Less" Catholic than the Roman Church. The discipline of Celibate Priests in the west happened at a specific time for specific reasons. The property issue in a medieval socioeconomic system was one of them. Cleaning up the Clergy and ending the Scandal was another one. People argued and lobbied for it on and off for hundreds of years before it became the policy. Even if the same liberals want to push Women Priests and Married Priests at the same time does not mean they are actually related issues. Women Priests are a dogmatic impossibility. Married Priest, even Bishops or Popes is a matter of discipline and prudence. They are categorically different questions. The particular issues and conditions that made mandated celibacy seem like a good idea in the 12th century simply don't exist anymore. No one is saying celibacy isn't a higher calling, but at the same time total poverty is a higher calling and we don't demand that of everyone including secular priests. It isn't for everyone and neither is celibacy. Lots of more traditionally minded Catholics hang on to medieval traditions as if they are apostolic. Another example is receiving from the cup. Some people refuse to take the cup because it was taken away from the laity in the middle ages in the west (if that was ever actually a good idea is completely debatable) but they will insist on sticking to a 700 year old discipline instead of following the 2000 year old tradition that, in the long view of history was the exception to the rule. People pushed and lobbied for mandated celibacy when it made sense, and now that it no longer does, they are within their rights to request a review of the policy.

That’s the best take I’ve ever read on this issue...and I completely agree... mandatory celibacy in today’s church is indefensible. Many more normal young men would be willing to consider the priesthood if they had the option to marry. The church could tackle the divorce epidemic with a iron clad Vatican prenup for the wife since they are the ones divorcing over nothing 80% of the time.

@@j.p.rankin1110 I know good men who went though years of seminary to drop out because they felt like they were called to be married and yet they still feel the tug to the priesthood. They won't become eastern Catholics Priest because it is drilled so hard into their heads that the only way to be a "Real" priest is the celibate path. Also they don't want to be Eastern Catholic for other reasons. The prelates in the latin church didn't have a choice and so they work to reinforce the discipline system they had to follow. Similar to how hazing is enforced by the same people who were once hazed. It might have made sense at one point but it no longer does, same as it maybe made sense to withhold the cup from the laity at one point (pretty debatable but might have) but that discipline resorted to the older tradition because those circumstances no-longer apply either.

You’re trying to imply that being unmarried causes pedophilia?

Orthodox are losing members faster and are in total only 10% of all Christians worldwide and the only shrinking branch in absolute numbers.

@@markkirkland561 How about a partially-translated TLM, which V2 actually called for?

How though? Im seeing so many married men, Catholic and non catholic still struggle and live somewhat unbalanced lives. You want to had the burden and eternal consequences that come with tending entire church and hundreds or thousands of souls on top of a biological family? Trust the Church's wisdom for having the current discipline for celibacy. Married priests wont solve the issue anymore than it will stop the schism in the East

I spoke with a Greek Orthodox who pointed out that Greek government supports Greek priests and that Greek Orthodox priests families still struggle financially

Less sexual dysfunctions, sadly I think this is short sided. I feel you may be looking at one scenario and not thinking what dysfunctions marriages in itself can bring. Just my opinion