[CamB]

Whatever a Catholic (or non-Catholic, of course) believes about whether priests should or should not remain celibate, purely from a money point of view, married priests doesn't work. A non-celibate priest = means a married priest - there isn't enough money floating around the NZ Catholic system to provide seminaries suited for couples, training etc, then a priests income which is enough for two. Maybe there is enough money in the US? I dunno.

It just won't work without fundamentally changing the entire way priesthood works - from start to finish.

Besides, having seen what they have to do, I honestly don't believe a priest could do a good job being a priest AND live up to a good Catholic ideal of being a father to a family. Not enough hours in the day - they already work pretty hard for their complete lack of money.