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¹⁴ And when Jesus had come into Peter’s house, He saw his wife’s mother lying and sick with a fever.

¹⁵ And He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and ministered unto them.

~Matthew 8:14-15 Even Peter, the so-called "first Pope" of the RCC was married. Why is the RCC shutting out so many men who are interested in serving the Lord through Priesthood?

Apparently, one has to be an Episcopal priest.

Strange logic.

St. Peter was married at one time, his wife is never mentioned in Scripture. You've quite obviously never read Clement of Alexandria's The Stromata and what St. Peter had to say about marriage.

Here's a few passages from Scripture that you most likely have never read or if you have you conveniently choose to ignore.

"Who said to them: All men take not this word, but they to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let him take it." Matthew 19:11-12

"Then Peter answering, said to him: Behold we have left all things, and have followed Thee: what therefore shall we have? And Jesus said to them: Amen, I say to you, that you, who have followed Me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of His majesty, you also shall sit on twelve seats judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for My name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting. And many that are first, shall be last: and the last shall be first." Matthew 19:27-30

"Then Peter said: Behold, we have left all things, and have followed Thee. Who said to them: Amen, I say to you, there is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive much more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting." Luke 18:28-30

"For I would that all men were even as myself: but every one hath his proper gift from God; one after this manner, and another after that. But I say to the unmarried, and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I." 1 Corinthians 7:7-8

"But I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife, is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please God. But he that is with a wife, is solicitous for the things of the world, how he may please his wife: and he is divided. And the unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she that is married thinketh on the things of the world, how she may please her husband. And this I speak for your profit: not to cast a snare upon you; but for that which is decent, and which may give you power to attend upon the Lord, without impediment." 1 Corinthians 7:32-35

Why is the RCC shutting out so many men who are interested in serving the Lord through Priesthood?

Number one, no man has a right to be ordained to the Priesthood:

"You have not chosen Me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you should go, and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in My name, He may give it you." John 15:16

Married men have many ways in which they may serve the Church. You seem to have a very poor grasp of what the life of a Priest entails.