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Maintain celibacy as the norm, but Francis will allow dispensations as Popes Pius XII, Paul VI, JP2 and B16 have done on a case by case basis. Pope Pius XII was the first modern Pope to admitted married men to the Latin rite priesthood when in 1952 His Holiness allowed a married former Protestant Lutheran minister to be ordained a Roman Catholic priest with the full rights of marriage which means that Pius XII did not expect continence of the new married priest. There were 4 married priests who followed that in Germany also dispensed by the Popes. This started BEFORE Vatican II. So there is precedence for pre-Vatican II married priests who celebrated the Traditional Latin Mass. Many traditional Catholics are open to married men in the Latin rite priesthood, so it's not just a liberal thing.
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