[backtothestreets]

I expect the Vatican will one day restore the original church doctrine that allowed priests to marry. If it occurs, parishes requesting married priests be assigned them will take on fashionable flair, but it wouldn't surprise me to find the single-celebant priests will be the more effective for their parishioners. In the long run, allowing married priests may show the actual worth of single-celebant priests.

Where I expect the church to remain firm is not on church doctrine, but the law of God. There will be no bending on issues regarding sexual orientation, birth control, or same sex marriage, to name a few.

[ninenot]

The matter of celibacy is NOT "doctrine." It is a discipline, which is well-founded in the example of Christ, the High Priest.

Otherwise, your observations are correct--but I disagree that the Church will relax the discipline. There's no impelling reason to do so at this time.