Could you explain to me, perhaps, what it is that has suddenly caused a shortage in celebate males to the priesthood? It seemed to work quite well for quite a long time. Actually, come to think of it, traditional seminaries are overflowing with celebate male candidates for the priesthood.
So, again, the question must be posed. Why is the novus ordo system lacking what the catholic faith had for nearly 2,000 years: men willing to renounce everything to serve God?
It is well established that it worked prior to the "Great Council" quite well, it is well established that it is working even today in traditional orders. Is there something about the Novus Ordo, or a message the average person in the pew gets from attending the novus ordo, that discourages self-sacrifice for the sake of God?
It's all about the leftists, their flimsy mainline Protestant Theology that gets passed off as Catholic teaching and (in some cases) outlandish homosexuality that turns off men.
The priestly vocations crisis mirrors the married vocations crisis. People are just not going for it and sticking with it.
Let us not adopt more Protestantism and be led to believe the Church was invented in 1965 as some portray. It is the poison that has sickened us for 40 years. In 2000, you find out what works, we have the tools, we just need to get off our lazy butts and do it.
O Come, Holy Inquisition!