Why?
Because when the telephone rings at 3am asking for the priest to come over and give last rites, he doesn’t have to worry about waking his family up or if he’ll be back to drive his children to school.
Because he doesn’t have to think about his family when he is asked to go to another parish.
Because he doesn’t have to come home at 6pm to have dinner and then help his children with homework.
Because it’s not a job, it’s a vocation.
Because his sacrifice is an outward sign of his devotion to God and to God’s people.
Because he not a father to just his family, he’s the father to us all.
I totally agree.
But it ensures that the priesthood is a haven for gays. It almost always has been.
add another reason the a Would a Parish want to support a priest wife and children?
It should remember that celibacy is a discipline and could be changed or suspended If the Church felt it was necessary.
No Woman priest that is Dogma and can not be change
But... all of those reasons are stupid
Because it doesn’t end up pressuring a kid to live up to difficult expectations
Plenty of non-Catholic men go into the ministry knowing that that is going to be part of the job.
Plenty of women marry them knowing that they are going to have to have that as part of their lives.
How is it any different from the doctor or volunteer firefighter who gets called out of bed to deal with an emergency at 3 AM?