It is so sad and disheartening that instead of changing the church would rather die then allow married and widowed priests or women to be priests.  The fact that the vast majority of priests are now elderly and many sickly, adds the complication of suffering and not being able to properly feed the church community through the celebration of the Eucharist.  Many more will leave the Catholic Church and become members of other Christian churches if they are not fed within the Catholic Church.  The shortage of priests is at more than a critical stage and can no longer be ignored by the Vatican.  I implore the Vatican to make positive changes to the priesthood to keep the celebration of the Eucharist and our Catholic faith alive in the future.