"Those who wish to serve in eparchies outside of their home, must be celibate, in deference to their Latin Rite brothers."
Well this sort of begs the question of whether the Eastern Rite Catholics are really Churches in their own right, doesn't it, unless of course this rule is there only to keep Latin Rite priests from being envious of their Eastern brethren.
"Then again, the Eastern Catholic Churches do not have the volume of congregants of the Roman churches. IMHO, it is impractical for the Latin Church to financially accomodate a married priesthood, optional or otherwise."
As you know, I've spent a fair amount of time in both Latin Rite Europe and Orthodox Europe. The churches in the Latin Rite areas of Europe are empty, in the East, full, so your comment doesn't hold true everywhere though it may here. In any event, financial considerations should not be the determining factor in whether or not the Roman Church has married priests. Celibacy is a crowning virtue and vocation. That should be the reason to encourage it, as the Church always has, not that you can save money if you don't have to support a presbytera and children.
Dear Kolokotronis,
I pretty much agree with this entire post, #73.
Celibacy is a good of its own right, not a way to save money.
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