[NYer]

Celibacy is not what is being debated at the Synod, what is is whether married men can be accepted into th priesthood.

There are already married men in the priesthood. Scroll down and read the comments of Patriarch Sfeir on the implications.

[x5452]

Even just allowing married men into the priesthood while assuming celibacy would greatly increase the ranks of priests, while being in keeping with ancient tradition, and Catholism as a whole.