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The Catholic Church has a different viewpoint on this. Joseph agreed to be the guardian of Jesus and to be a celibate man in the union with the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Well, yes they do. I prefer the simple words of scripture translated by the Holy Spirit.

To refresh your memory:

²⁴Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife, ²⁵and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son.^[d] And he called His name Jesus. "...and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son"
That is the same as saying that he DID "know" (Biblical lingo for having sex) her after Jesus was born.
Seems pretty cut and dried.
Joseph had sexual relations with his wife, and he did not die.
I know that Catholicism and the church fathers and many others outside of Catholicism spent centuries trying to make Mary a perpetual virgin, but scripture doesn't uphold that theory.

I c/p'ed more of my former post then I intended to because I would like to see what you have to say concerning Catholic dogmamatic teachings vs the Holy Bible.

Especially where in the Bible it says Mary is the latter day Ark of the Covenant.

What if he had other dreams that asked him to remain celibate?

That would be important enough to be mentioned in scripture I would imagine. And it would settle this whole argument.

But the is just another attempt at extra-Biblical speculation to substantiate Catholic dogma.

Kinda like a strawman.