text: No mention of the fact that for the first millennium of the Catholic Church's existence priests were allowed to marry, and did. Only when the Vatican got greedy and wanted to claim all the spoils of divorce for itself did the church suddenly demand celibacy from priests and coughed up a theological rationalization for its new mandate.
  
  As for the argument that "being married means sometimes feeling a difficult pull away from church work," in what profession is that not the case? Ditto for the other two "negatives." I remain convinced that the church should revert back to its original way of doing things: let priests marry. The correction is long overdue.