Catholic Priest And Marriage

If catholic priest want to have a girlfriend or want a woman for companionship or they want to express love like the one shared by unmarried couples then of course they can do so. However, for that they will have to leave priesthood.

HI dvorced Catholic Church doesnt allow their priests to do this. Even before the Catholic Church made it mandatory for all their priests(around XI centhury), a lot of priests didnt get married because they wanted to emulate Jesuschrist.

A priest is supposed to be married to the Church. Of course, a priest can have many good friends, some of whom he loves deeply, just as a married person may have many friends, but he will (if he honours his vows) be careful not to become emotionally or physically involved in the same way that boyfriends and girlfriends are.

I do not think they can even have girlfriends. Maybe if they were allowed to marry they would not find those alter boys so irresistible. I think the whole do not marry is based on the vow of poverty they take. It is kind of hard to raise a family when you do not have any money. The whole girlfriend thing would be hard to, since at some point the two would start have certain felling towards each other.