More papas we wish wouldn't preach: a calendar of the most handsome priests!

I spoke too soon in my previous blog comparing priests to firemen and policemen as objects of desire. Believe it or not, there is actually a priest calendar showcasing the most handsome priests for every month of the year.

A special obrigado goes out to my friend Rui Esteves for introducing me to the gorgeous priests photographed in Calendrio Romano. We both agree Mr. August 2004 (if you look in the archives) is particularly dishy, though we disagree on cover boys (Rui likes 2004, I like 2007).

There's a lot of controversy over the calendar. Is this taking things too far? Is nothing sacred?

But over the past few years, it seems like everyone is posing to make a calendar for publicity. Women fighting for causes, cancer survivors, grannies, bears, Asian men fighting for hunkification equality, what next?

I've always thought the muscle-bound French rugby players featured in the Dieux de Stade beefcake calendars are particularly hunky (and erotic). And European! (North American guys have nothing on multilingual, cultured European beefcake!)

Sigh.