I think they should go back to the olden days where priests could be married. Maybe it worked fine in the three digit era but the time seems past when such a universal mandate for a position that needs to be as widespread as an ordinary priest was beneficial to the church. It just ends up turning the place into a crashpad for closet gay men.Celibacy can still be available for those who still want to go the extra mile for the gold star. Either that or I guess have deacons fill the role of priests.
Life used to be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. But now we live a lot longer than in the past. So the Catholic Church needs to recognize this to keep out the predators in the priesthood.
The Western Church was petrified that the widows of Priests could receive Church property through rights of inheritance.
As always, follow the money.
Strange they allow converted evangelical and protestant ministers that are married to serve but not others.