You realize this, of course, but so many people dom't: that the Catholic Church is a communion of 22 Churches, and 21 of the 22 accept ordinandi from the ranks of married men of proven virtuous life, viri probati. It's been that way since way, way before Vatican II.
So it would be interesting to get the perspective of our fellow Catholics --- for instance, Melkites, Maronites and Ukrainians --- on this.
And I'm not talkiing about Eastern Churches. I'm talking about the Roman Catholic Church, of which I'm a member. I'm not a cafeteria Catholic who picks what pleases me.
Summary of the clerical continence debate and response to a recent Roman statement thereon