This 'Hot Priest' Calendar Is Testing Catholic Celibacy

"If you’ve been to Rome, there’s a high chance you returned home with a slab of guanciale, two Fabriano notebooks and a copy of the hot priest calendar in your luggage.

The hot priest calendar is not its official name but, over the past two decades, the moniker has stuck (for reasons clear to anyone who’s seen it). Next year marks 20 years since the “calendario Romano” was first published, during which time it has grown from labour of love to cult souvenir.

Each month of the A4 flip calendar is represented by a nameless man of the cloth, photographed in black and white and usually against an ornate liturgical backdrop. Some wear a cappello romano (a type of wide-brimmed hat), others a clerical collar. December, the unequivocal favourite among calendar fans, rarely changes – he is pictured holding a copy of Le vie di Roma close to this cassocked chest. Broadly speaking, each “priest” is “hot”.

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[mdccxcii]

This is the first time anything Catholic sent me into a gay panic.
Merry holiday season to you and everyone else here in the comment section.

[laurafekecova]

Omg ! We bought it few years back in Rome for my mother in law 😂😂😂😂 she kept it on September for like 2 years😂💅🏻🔥

[mattbarneveld]

I bought one when in Rome about 7 years ago 😊Our team at work competed each year to find the most outrageous calendar featuring hot men. I won, hands down, that year 😊

[yassercespedes]

You know who buys this calendars of young priests the old priest 😂

[j.j.]

4 catholic priests are sharing a private compartment on a train
They decided to confess their biggest flaw to each other.

The first priest confesses that he spends most of the church money on booze.

The second priest explains that he blows the church collection betting on horses.

The third priest confesses that he spends the church takings on drugs.

They have opened their souls and revealed their deepest secrets. They look to the last priest and he says "I am a gossip and I can't wait to get off this train". Ref upjoke

[philpottkentucky]

I remember being on a school trip to Germany, and all the girls on our tour sighing and whining because the hottest guy they saw there was a monk in Koln cathedral lol

[EyeLean]

This calendar strikes me as a wee bit sacrilegious.

[katharinavonheydekampf]

"I like what i like and I won"t be shamed because of it" lol, yes, Ana, I am right there with you! Thank you

[romazone]

Why does TYT have the most hateful and disgusting trolls in its comment section? The shear amount of copium is both sad and hilarious.

[rmpumper]

You know who's buying those? Other priests.

[spocksvulcanbrain]

When we were in Rome (2013) visiting the Vatican, there were stands and stores all over selling calendars of "hot" priests. I have to admit some were extremely good-looking. Everywhere you walked within about 3 blocks of St. Peter's you see hot priests in their robes walking around. Most look like they are in their 20's or early 30's.

[joegallegos]

Being celibate is not biblical. It's a stupid thing that the church introduced at some point in history. If anything it was simply a suggestion from Paul but he literally says it's not necessary. It needs to go.

[kathyrama]

I had a friend years ago who was so handsome, it was hard to keep in mind he was a Priest.

[afergie]

If my priests looked like that, I would still be an active Catholic.

[OuterGalaxyLounge]

What goes on in the rectory, stays in the rectory.

[anntares]

When my mom was a teenager in spain, she only went to mass because the priest was hot.

[Proud-Ally]

Merry Christmas everyone!
🎅🤶🎅🏿🤶🏿🎄☃️🎉❤️✌️

[AdamBladeTaylor]

One of the channels I watch is JOLLY. And they have Rev Chris on now and then. He's a hottie. And twin, who's brother is a military badass.

[RoccosVideos]

That one priest looks like a darker version of Matt Damon.

[jase_allen]

Now, now. Not all catholic priests are apparently celibate. My brother-in-law says his aunt cheated on her husband with their priest.