Pope Benedict protested his inclusion wrt Cardinal Sarah's book:
https://sightmagazine.com.au/news/ex-pop...e-francis/
The problem wrt Card Sarah's arguments are that they are attempts to justify the requirement retrospectively. The original argumemts were "sex is impure"/"girl germs" type arguments. Just about everyone now admits that such justifications are untenable, so if the alleged obligation is to be maintained, new arguments needed to be found. Unfortunately, they are just as unconvincing. Time management ones no more work for priests than they do for lawyers, surgeons, police, soldiers, etc. Here's an example of how clerical marriage, in the Latin Church can work: https://catholicherald.org/local/papa-z-...ad-priest/
https://sightmagazine.com.au/news/ex-pop...e-francis/
The problem wrt Card Sarah's arguments are that they are attempts to justify the requirement retrospectively. The original argumemts were "sex is impure"/"girl germs" type arguments. Just about everyone now admits that such justifications are untenable, so if the alleged obligation is to be maintained, new arguments needed to be found. Unfortunately, they are just as unconvincing. Time management ones no more work for priests than they do for lawyers, surgeons, police, soldiers, etc. Here's an example of how clerical marriage, in the Latin Church can work: https://catholicherald.org/local/papa-z-...ad-priest/