[uncbob]

"The value of celibacy as a complete gift of self to the Lord and his Church must be carefully safeguarded,"

Well what about all those helping make babies for the Lord and Church

[Conservative til I die]

Making babies? Well, I think the other 99.89% of the world (oh, roughly 6.5 billion people) have that covered quite nicely.

You people can complain about anything.

[Notwithstanding]

What about it? It has its own place - within marriage.

God calls people to ministerial priesthood but the Church determines who is to be ordained. There is no right to ordination - otherwise anyone who claimed they were "called" would be entitled to ordination and the Church would not be able to set any prerequisites whatsoever.