Re:  married priests.  "Each diocese is allowed up to two active married priests, according to the Pastoral Provision Office, which facilitates the Vatican’s policy. The restriction came several years ago after a number of dioceses sponsored four or five candidates, causing concerns that it might appear the discipline of celibacy was being relaxed."

Good grief.  Stop with all this concern about appearances.  It can be explained and it is a path the Church will have to take if there is to be a Church in the future.  Who is being protected here and at what cost?