[sinkspur]

Those who are ordained agree that if their wife should precede them in death that they will then adopt the discipline of celibacy until their own demise.

Like permanent deacons. And, the permanent diaconate is the only vocation that has been growing in the Latin Rite Church.

20,000 men, mostly married, have been ordained since 1980, in the United States.

That's 830, every year, on average.

That puts the lie to the argument that Catholic men are not willing to serve the Church.

[Antoninus]

That puts the lie to the argument that Catholic men are not willing to serve the Church.

Sure, they're willing to serve the Church--on their own terms. Their just not willing to devote their whole lives to Christ.

[A.A. Cunningham]

20,000 men, mostly married, have been ordained since 1980, in the United States.

That's one too many.