Via DREADNOUGHT, a link to a video produced by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops – You have to be a real man to become a priest.
Dearie me, will this rule out fanciers of fiddleback chasubles?
Ps – Catholic injokes contained in this post…
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That Dreadnought blog is so over-the-top it has to be a parody site. If it isn’t, it must be a goldmine for students specialising in abnormal psychology.
For those of you who aren’t sure, I think what Kim is implying is that if you read the blogs of a lot of young Catholic priests in America (and there are lots of blogs if not lots of young priests), there’s a very gay sensibility on many of them. Hence the “liturgy queen” reference in the post.
I’m all in favour of gay priests btw and I’m personally rather fond of groovy vestments!
Where is everybody?
I stayed back in the shadows waiting for the 100 flood of posts on everything from the use/non-use of Latin ( and maybe even a heretical comment or two from young Moslems on the language of certain Holy Writings) right through to a discussion on how drugs and computer games are making the art of embroidery almost extinct …… but nothing.
Look, Torquemada and Ximenes aren’t lurking around noting down everything you say so they can then use your own words to struggle to for your soul.
Come on. Don’t be shy.
There’s just no interest in fiddleback chasubles these days in Australian blogdom!
But thanks for a good preview of an imaginary but interesting comments thread, Graham!
Kim:
Given the number of Catholics, lapsed Catholics, Anti-Catholics, High Church Anglicans, Orthodox, Freemasons, Embroiderers and Quilters there are around the place …… I am truly amazed at their absence.
Excellent choice of topic. Don’t be discouraged. Was the background colour for LP chosen with Lent in mind? Just wondering.
I don’t know, Graham, but I think the blog launched in Lent last year.
Of course. Mark mentioned this blog’s birthday, didn’t he. ((rushes off stage right acccompanied by Wild Assumption, Unnecessary Extrapolation and Erroneous Conclusion ….. all singing in Latin and chasubles at the high port))