Priests are faithful and competent assistants to the bishop: they are like children and friends in the presence of the bishop. Priests in the Catholic Church are those who have received the sacrament of Holy Orders through the laying on of hands by the bishop, who sanctifies them. In the Latin Church, priests are not married, but in the Eastern Church they ordain married priests... Catechesis on the Second Vatican Council, structure, with Fr Justolat Rafaralahimboa.