Why are priests forced to remain celibate?

[Batman_z]

I mean in the orthodox religion you can even get married and it's not bad and we are born from sex and it's something natural and it's not bad, nor is it a sin and God is not disappointed in that.
but the catholic church is the only one that sees it as something bad because in the orthodox and in others the priests can get married.

some will remain celibate but I don't think all, others will have themselves castrated

[AviatorTom]

It's not a religious requirement. Rather, it comes as a solution in the early Catholic Church of how to deal with the wife and children of a married priest after the priest dies.

A good explanation can be found here.
uscatholic.org/.../

by the way, a similar requirement of celibacy for Catholic nuns exists, on the basis that if priests can't marry, then nuns can't marry either. Both give their lives to the service of God and his flock.

[BCRanger10]

Because the priest is a participant in the eternal high priesthood of Jesus Christ, Who was celibate.

[laurieluvsit]

The Catholic Church is way off base in just about everything.

Christianity - Real vs Fake

[Alexandrubaschet08]

Not even in Orthodox, some rank of price are olso requested to not have sex and get married, i don't know exactly thous names but 100% as an orthodox i know that.

[andreasderjuengere]

It's their club policy.
And we have regular proof that it just doesn't work.

[FunkyMonkee]

If they're so celibate, why do so many of them chase after little boys?

[goodgirlsteven]

Because in the past any property they acquired would be passed down to the wife so the church decided to remove wives so they kept all assets

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

BS catholic rules. Priests in the Bible were married and had children.

[OddBeMe]

Tradition. And it has bad affects.

[truthisthree]

its a lie lol