THE HOT PRIEST CALENDAR

Looking for a gift for the church-going member of your family? Try the Hot Priest Calendar. The hot priest calendar – which is NOT its official name, it’s actually called the “calendario Romano” – has been published for 20 years as a souvenir sold throughout Rome. Each month features a black-and-white photo of a nameless man of the cloth. And he is covered in cloth, no cheesecake pictures. It is not wrong to say that each priest is “hot.” The calendar’s 60-year-old photographer, Piero Pazzi, says the calendar is a “clean and honest product that simply advertises Rome and its most eloquent symbol: the Catholic clergy.” It’s not a product of the Catholic church; in fact, profits go to a support group for women and men abused by religious and institutional authorities. The calendar sells about 75,000 copies a year and remains in high demand. The 2023 version has just gone on sale, costing around 10 euros, but is already fetching three times the price on eBay. You can see some of the pictures by going to calendarioromano.org.
* Holy mother of Chippendales!
* Forgive me, father, for I am drooling.
* A calendar of priests with profits going to women and men abused by religious authorities. I know that in some way this must be very wrong, but I can’t put my finger on it.
* I guess the calendar is in case you aren’t having enough sinful thoughts every day.
* And no, there isn’t a calendar of hot nuns, you weirdo.