We urgently need to forge ahead with courageous initiatives on the question of admission to the priesthood. It makes no sense continuously to ask the Holy Spirit for vocations while at the same time excluding women from the priestly ministry."
"Celibacy often leads either to fruitless loneliness and social isolation or helpless work agitation. It rarely releases a spiritual source for pastoral work. We accepted celibacy but did not choose it. 1 Timothy 3:2 provides us with food for thought: 'A church leader must be without fault; he must have only one wife.' "

God Bless these brave priests who stand up to the bullies at the Vatican who condemn common sense.