[american colleen]

There are plenty of men who would answer the call were that not a requirement.

If they answered the call and it was really a call, then they'd give up all for the sake of the Kingdom.

Could it be that this laicized priest actually didn't have a call and thought he did? Maybe he was called to the married life and not the priesthood. Regardless, he eventually did choose what he was called for.

Men are not choosing the celibate priesthood, in any great numbers.

They do when there is orthodox Catholic teaching for them to follow. I've never seen you reply to why there are many more vocations in orthodox dioceses' than there are in the progressive dioceses'. You surely know that it is documented fact that the FSSP turns away candidates for lack of space. You surely know that the small diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska ordains many, many more priests than do the dioceses' many times larger than Lincoln. These are facts.

[RobbyS]

The simple fact is that among the liberal reformers of the '70s, the general view was like that of proto-Anglicans like Cranmer. So they stopped recruiting priests.

[lrslattery]

I've never seen you reply to why there are many more vocations in orthodox dioceses' than there are in the progressive dioceses'.

I have also seen this question asked many times and never answered. I think we all know that the facts can not be refuted nor rationalized.