"...to find good married couples, and draw priests from that pool,,,,"

Mokantx, I think Pope Francis had that in mind when he encouraged bishops earlier this year to consider that option for the diocesan priesthood. (Remember, the pope is a member of a religious order, is not a diocesan priest.)  But bishops across the board seem hesitant. So they quite bishop-like, as it were, pause, delay, demur, doubt, scruple, boggle, waver, vacillate, prefer to stay in suspense, etc. -- all of them, thousands of them -- five, six thousand --  the world over. They must -- in their global and national episcopal conferences -- have THEIR reasons not to take up the pope's suggestion. Who knows??? Is it that they don't like the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic model -- married priests but celibate bishops? Is it for monetary reasons -- with parishes having to support the wife and kids of priests? Is it for fear that some priests might wind up having to divorce (as some Protestant pastors  have had to)??