[sinkspur]

But people like the mystique of a celibate priesthood, I guess. I did, too, until I saw the downside.

I don't think most Catholics would care, until they were confronted with the fact they had to provide a living wage to a priest's family.

[Aliska]

until they were confronted with the fact they had to provide a living wage to a priest's family.

It has never been a problem for most protestant churches, but then they don't have so many schools to run and extra buildings to keep up.

[saradippity]

People who themselves have no ideals or principals frequently cannot understand those who do. They probably never would have understood or followed Jesus and most of them didn't go see the movie "The Passion of the Christ" either. And if they did,they went only to criticize.