Okay, MARY told "the Church" that she remained a virgin throughout the rest of her life??? Just exactly where, when and HOW did she do this?
And just, WOW, she proceeded to fool around with her husband (a)nd obliterate the proof of that very miracle. Where to start? "Fool around with her husband" - did/do you really think that? Do you "fool around" with your spouse? Is it sinful? Since Jesus was already born from Mary's virginal womb, according to prophecy, why was it required that she remain so? Did she have to submit to a physical examination in order to prove it? There were many in Jesus' day who didn't believe the claim and even mocked Jesus for it. Joseph himself, didn't believe her when she became pregnant and it took an angel to convince him to marry her anyway. I am hard pressed, too, why Mary's normal physical relationship with her legal husband after the birth of our Lord is viewed in any way as wrong or dirty or sinful. Methinks some celibate priests had "issues". You guys are now stuck with their dogmatic proclamations and are left to defend them or else to admit that they were wrong, and, Lord knows, y'all can't do that!
I guess their holy Sacrament of Marriage isn’t really holy.
So they must be leading new couples into sin by marrying them.
We don't know, but one probability is that it happened in her conversations with St. Luke.
why Mary's normal physical relationship with her legal husband after the birth of our Lord is viewed in any way as wrong or dirty or sinful
Is it really the first time you ask me this? I handled this question half a dozen times on this thread alone. It would not be in the least sinful for Mary to have marital relations with St. Joseph. She remained virgin because she chose to; there was no obligation on her to do so.