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Catholic Priesthood - You won't believe it till you see it!

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20 2005 7:38 AM

Submitted by Sid. Edited By MisterSatan.

The Catholic Priesthood, in an effort to recruit more men for the priesthood, has decided that one way to do so is to look like they're "cool".

erm... is the only word that comes to my mind.

"Just as Keanu Reeves fought against the powers of evil, a priest comes to help people fight against sin. There is a battle out there," explained Father Jonathan Meyer.

Fr. Meyer goes on to explain the (lame) caption placed on the poster:

...it speaks of a faith that meets people exactly where they are in their lives. The poster itself says, in a parody of the words which any watcher of videos knows by heart, "This faith has not been modified from its original version. Yet, it is formatted to fit your life."

Sorry, that didn't get on your shoes, did it?

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Huck

United Kingdom

July 2004

SEP 20, 2005 07:47 AM

i bet even Ratzinger thought both Matrix sequels suck the fat one

DesignAddict

Eugene, OR

June 2003

SEP 20, 2005 07:47 AM

jesus christ!! These people are morons!

lowroller

Australia

May 2008

SEP 20, 2005 07:48 AM

Father Meyer said the poster, on which he is featured as the "Matrix"-style priest, had its origins in a skit that he saw during his first year at the North American College, the U.S. seminary in Rome. The skit, put on by a group of older seminarians, was based on the film. In it, a group of priests fought Satan in a series of mock martial-arts confrontations.

HAHA!

haegen

San Francisco, CA

July 2005

SEP 20, 2005 08:01 AM

Aya

SUICIDEGIRL

Alberta, Canada

SEP 20, 2005 08:11 AM

Sid said:

Absolutely fucking brilliant.

Finch

SUICIDEGIRL

Thailand

SEP 20, 2005 08:16 AM

hahahahahahahaha

*breathes

hahahahahahahahahaha

that's awesome.

MisterSatan

Vancouver, WA

August 2002

SEP 20, 2005 08:17 AM

That picture is just SCREAMING to be photoshopped.

Guess I know what I'm doing today at work.

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA

July 2004

SEP 20, 2005 08:17 AM

Catholic Priests are so hot right now.

padriec

North Brunswick, NJ

November 2004

SEP 20, 2005 08:27 AM

The best thing about this story is that MisterSatan had a hand in it.

MisterSatan

Vancouver, WA

August 2002

SEP 20, 2005 08:30 AM

padriec said:
The best thing about this story is that MisterSatan had a hand in it.

Hey, I was just the editor. You can thank Sid for bringing this to you.

ricosuave

I'm lost

September 2005

SEP 20, 2005 08:41 AM

If the Pope can't keep fat, nerdy priests celibate, just how long would a tall, dark and handsome man of the cloth last? There are about 700 SGs on this site alone who could get him to spring his collar within about 5 minutes...

RustyShackelford

I'm lost

April 2005

SEP 20, 2005 09:31 AM

Isn't Keanu gay?

Keith

Oklahoma City, OK

August 2002

SEP 20, 2005 09:48 AM

Swear to God, I've had the thought many times that it would be cool to be a Catholic priest just for the uniform and accessories.

thefreak

NEWSWIRE

Gardner, MA

SEP 20, 2005 09:52 AM

Sorry, Catholic Church. Willie Aames already had this covered with Bibleman.

Because, well, if Scott Baio's best buddy fighting costumed evildoers w/a knockoff lightsaber for Jeebus isn't funny, I don't fuckin' know what is!

-TM

commonman

Sarasota, FL

August 2003

SEP 20, 2005 10:13 AM

That reminds me of the old Monty Python sketch "The Bishop" (a take-off on "The Saint") from 1970:

Devious: Look...Rev...I hate to see a man cry, so shove off out the office, there's a good chap.
The vicar goes out sobbing. Cut to outside. Vicar collects a nude lady sitting in a supermarket shopping trolley...and wheels her disconsolately away. Cut back to inside of office. Close-up of Devious. He gets out some files and starts writing. Suddenly a bishop's crook slams down on the desk in front of Devious. He looks up - his eyes register terror. Cut to reverse angle shot from below. The bishop in full mitre and robes.
Bishop: OK, Devious...Don't move!
Devious: The bishop!

Animated crime-series-type titles, with suitable music:

'C. OF E. FILMS'
'IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS BOARD'
'PRESENT'
'THE BISHOP'
'STARRING THE REVEREND E. P. NESBITT'
'AND INTRODUCING F. B. GRIMSBY URQHART-WRIGHT AS THE VOICE OF GOD'
'SPECIAL EFFECTS BY THE MODERATOR OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND'
'DIRECTED BY PREBENDARY "CHOPPER" HARRIS'

One of my favorite sketches!

http://www.ibras.dk/montypython/episode17.htm#4