[sinkspur]

It is not celibacy that limits vocations. Rather, it is the unwillingness of men to sacrifice.

In the end, that really doesn't matter.

If there are not enough priests to provide the sacraments to the faithful, then the Church must do something to address the problem.

That may mean importing priests from countries with an overabundance of them.

Or it may mean altering the clerical celibacy requirement.

But to deprive the faithful of the sacraments when they don't have to be would be objectively sinful, don't you think?

[Notwithstanding]

No one is deprived. Or will be. In years past, people had to walk or ride in a wagon or on horseback to get to Mass. Often this was a distance of several miles.

In this day and age people can drive to Mass within 30 minutes even if half of the parishes in the USA close down tomorrow.

I think the argument that "we are depriving people of the sacraments" is a red herring served up by the very leftish Call To Action hippies.

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BTW, we have 3 priests visiting from Africa to serve various private chapels in Ann Arbor. They are great. Well-formed and no shenanigans at Mass.

[st.smith]

But to deprive the faithful of the sacraments when they don't have to be would be objectively sinful, don't you think?

To change the almost ten-century old clerical requirement of celibacy because of short-term, largely phony vocations crisis would be worse.