Do you think priestly celibacy is a topic that can be revised theologically? Could the law of celibacy in the Catholic Church be abolished?

Father García-Morato: Of course, celibacy is a discipline, not a dogma of our faith.  It is a way of life that grew within the Church since the second century.  In its historical context, the link between celibacy and priesthood is not essential.  What is essential is the profound congruence between the mystery of Christ and the mystery of the sacramental priesthood.  So yes, there is the hypothetical possibility of abolishing celibacy, just as there is for any other ecclesiastical law that does not respond directly to an express mandate of divine law and the faith handed down from the Apostles.  However, the conviction of the Church in regard to the correspondence of the priesthood with a celibate priestly ministry is neither pragmatic nor situational, but profoundly based.  The Catholic Church continues to trust in God's continuing to distribute the grace that is the gift of celibacy among many young men and in his sending those same graced young men to become the sacred ministers necessary for the life of the Church.