Why Hasn't The Roman Catholic Church Allowed Its Clergy to Marry and Raise a Family?

I'm asking because they are one of the only main religions that doesn't allow married priests.

The Protestant Reverends marry, Jewish Rabbis marry Muslim Imams marry..

Do you think it's time? Do you think the Pope at some point would ever change the rule?

They did until the year 800. And it didn't work for them. The priests were taking land donated to the church and giving it to their children.

I didn't tell them to have that tradition. I dint know where they got it.

Anything the RCC allows or does not allow is of no concern to me.

So childless priests would will their entire estates to the church, thereby making the church richer and richer every time a priest dies.

Yes, the Pope can change the rule but so far he doesn't.

Anyway, he has the final say, because He is the Vicar of Christ.

As long as they're not prohibiting all people from marrying, it should be no concern of anybody. Unless you're a priest and you want to marry.

The Roman Catholic Church believes that priests should devote their lives to serving their parish. If a priest should have a wife and children, his attention is split between his family and his parish. Many in support of this position point out that Jesus was unmarried and thus devoted his entire life to serving his heavenly Father. Priests are to try to live as Jesus did.
I do believe at some point the Catholic Church will allow priests to marry. I also believe the Church will allow women to become priests. With our current Pope, you won't be seeing this changes in the near future; however, they might occur in your lifetime.

I am a cynic and think it is because our congregations are too cheap to pay a living wage; it is not dogma that they be unmarried, just a long standing practice. Other Catholics than the Latin rite permit married priests. Catholics have married deacons and have converted Christian ministers and ordained them priests. Deacons and these priests are asked not to remarry when they are widowed.

Yes it will change; the change will not be uniform (Catholic uniformity with respect to some things is also not dogma at least not how it is in the popular imagination). Perhaps Africa first, Asia, Europe and American much later.

Contrary to popular belief, there are actually currently many married priests. Simply go ogling "married Catholic priest" turns up the names of several, many of which have websites.

See, there are 23 rites of the Catholic Church. The Latin rite, more commonly referred to as "Roman" is far and away the most popular rite, and so it is often the only one people know exists. Even some Catholics don't know of the other rites. It is also the only rite in which married priests are not allowed. But in every single one of those other rites, you can be a married priest. If a person is married and wants to become a priest, all they have to do is join one of the 22 other, perfectly valid, rites of the Church.

Did you know they used too? Like the Eastern Orthodox Church the rule was "If they marry prior to becoming Clergy, it is acceptable" but in the 1500's they changed the rule, saying it distracted them from God.

This is because a Catholic priest is supposed to give his life entirely to God, the way a husband gives his life to a woman. Just like how a man can't love two women with all his heart, a servant of God can't truly be devoted to God if he must also devote himself to a wife.

our priests never marry because they gave themselves to and belong to God.They made the sacrifice of a family to show how much they love God. They must be pure in heart and soul to help those who are confused. And to tell the truth I don't see how are priests have time for anything let alone raise a family.......
the pope has the final say on earth....but if he said the that women could be priests and priests marry he vial ates this right.....we traditional catholics saw how he violated his rights by the NEW MASS.

There are married Catholic priests in the Eastern rite and also some married clergy who converted to Catholicism and became priests in the Western rite.

Catholic priests are asked to take vows of celibacy for both practical and spiritual reasons. This is not a dogma and not a doctrine, but a discipline of the Church, which means that yes, the rule could be h
ganged later.