By Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Catholic Register - The problem of pastoral care of the Amazon is, therefore, not a new problem. The viri probati solution is new. It argues that the local population is, for whatever reason, unable to provide priestly vocations and that missionary vocations are not to be had. By default, therefore, a relaxation of priestly celibacy is in order... The viri probati proposal, therefore, is not advanced as a good in itself, but, rather, as a concession to a sustained missionary failure.