The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.
If, hypothetically, Western Catholicism were to review the issue of celibacy, I think it would do so for cultural reasons, not so much as a universal option.
The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now considered by some as irreconcilable with the European Constitution.
Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.
I do believe, sooner rather than later, churches will face the loss of their tax-exempt status if they do not engage in same-sex ceremonies.
I might be celibate, but I appreciate the wonder of the sacrament of marriage.
You know how the church has been hit so hard by the sexual misconduct by clergy, and what's that's done to Catholics, especially here in Boston but elsewhere as well.
The Church doesn't censor. It tries to guide its faithful through catechism.
The truly longstanding tradition in the church is that some are called to celibacy. Some feel called to it. But the church has never supported that celibacy be mandated for someone not called to it. It's never imposed on someone.