Rome's "Hot Priests" Calendar For 2014

[icyfroth]

A group of young priests in Italy have thrown tradition to the wind and posed for a calendar that reportedly aims to inform people about the Vatican.

The 12-page document contains black and white images of smiling seminarians in various locations in Rome as well as a few pages of information about the Catholic church.

Photographer Piero Pazzi, who put together the calendar, said the men are all real priests and none had been paid for their modelling.

"I meet most of them on the streets in Rome and ask to take their photos," he said.

 

"Most are happy to be photographed after I tell them the reason for the calendar."

"Yes, the men are good-looking, but it is just a product, a way for people to be better informed about the Vatican".

Mr Pazzi, who launched the calendar in 2003, said priests from all over the world are welcome to take part in the calendar but add they will need to travel to Rome to be photographed.

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Is nothing sacred anymore? I'm not a practising Christian and certainly not Catholic, but this is not becoming for the Church IMO!

This is surely the work of the devil!

Mr Pazzi! Is that a nom de plume of Lucifer?

Short for papparazzi?

So which one do you like best?

[banoras]

Its a belief in Sweden.

[bright.ton42]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@bright.ton42 wrote:

Of course they could be interested in women, but they take vows to take it no further the vow of celibacy. 

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So what is so funny?

[not_an_eloi]

oi!  that woid is spelled beliefs     

[polksaladallie]

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@bright.ton42 wrote:

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So what is so funny?

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Too late.  Already been answered.

[not_an_eloi]

not get bitter and twisted about different religious beleifs.

mods., they ain't meant to chuck in their ten-bob's worth of personal comments,  now are they 

[**meep**]

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@not_an_eloi wrote:

oi!  that woid is spelled beliefs     

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woid?

[polksaladallie]

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@not_an_eloi wrote:

not get bitter and twisted about different religious beleifs.

mods., they ain't meant to chuck in their ten-bob's worth of personal comments,  now are they 

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Different religious beliefs are bitter and twisted.  Can't get away from that.

But to get back to the topic, I predict that the "Hot Priest" calendar will be very popular in the Vatican.

[bright.ton42]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@**meep** wrote:

choosing to live in celibacy is not a new concept for ordained buddhist nuns, monks or catholic nuns and priests.  it is also practiced in hinduism.  celibacy has secular origin.   i really dont understand why people find the concept funny

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I find it funny, because it rarely happens

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That's rather  a sweeping statement isn't it?  

[polksaladallie]

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@bright.ton42 wrote:

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@**meep** wrote:

choosing to live in celibacy is not a new concept for ordained buddhist nuns, monks or catholic nuns and priests.  it is also practiced in hinduism.  celibacy has secular origin.   i really dont understand why people find the concept funny

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I find it funny, because it rarely happens

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That's rather  a sweeping statement isn't it?  

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You need to read the rest of my post.

[bright.ton42]

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@banoras wrote:

My parents had a saying (probably yours did too);

"Never discuss sex, politics and religion"

Its still true, obviously. 

Spoiler

But a lttle tongue in cheek humour is OK! surely....

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LOL yes I was brought up with that too but it didn't stop us. 

I agree about the tongue in cheek humour though.