His Popiness the Pope has being selling the case for priestly celibacy again:

Pope Benedict XVI has strongly defended the Catholic Church's rule of celibacy for priests, speaking to 10,000 priests in St Peter's Square in Rome.

He called it a sign of faith in an increasingly secular world.

Personally, I don't think that celibacy is that natural or nice - which is one of the many reasons why I would make a terrible Catholic priest. But if Catholic priests want to be celibate in order to show their devotion to God, then I think they should be allowed to get on with it.

Just so long as they actually are celibate, mind. Rather than professing celibacy publicly and then abusing children in private...