I certainly agree with your punchline, Stuart. If they wish to restore a married priesthood in the United States, Eastern Catholic bishops should simply begin ordaining married men. I do not know to what extent a consensus on the issue exists among the bishops. I understand that the Eastern bishops in Canada ordain married men without much comment at all from Rome, and I would imagine that the same would or could happen in the U.S. if the bishops would simply act within their own power and authority. As I understand it, however, the metropolia of Pittsburgh has now unfortunately codified in its own particular law a required papal sign-off for any ordinations of married men.
