Even priests of the Eastern Rite Catholic Church can be married (except those who want to be made bishop some day). People sometimes confuse the Eastern Rite with Orthodox Church; it is not the same thing. The Catholic Church has a western rite and an eastern rite, but a long time ago, the eastern rite threatened to leave the Church and go over to the Orthodox Church if they couldn't get married and have their own rituals, etc. So the Pope gave in to them. I agree that all priests should be allowed to be married - to women, that is.

But if they allowed priests to be married to women only, the governments of the liberal democracies would call that a hate crime because it discriminates against homosexuals, so there you go. They can't win.

By the way, did you go to see The Passion of the Christ? I made sure I stayed away. Imagine paying $8 or so to see someone tortured for 2 hours.