Church Turns To Facebook To Find Priests

crimeandpunishment writes "The Catholic church of France isn't looking for friends on Facebook, it's looking for priests. The church has turned to Facebook as part of a campaign to attract young people to the priesthood, in an effort to combat its drastically dwindling number of priests. It may be working. The Facebook page attracted more than 1,200 fans in one week."

Comments

Young people

[Anonymous Coward]

Attracting young people to the priesthood, isn't that what they've been doing for years?

JUST WOW

[thijsh]

Priests looking to Facebook as part of a campain to attract young people.

Re:JUST WOW

[Forge]

I'm neither Jewish nor Catholic, but given the choice I would rather be a Rabbi. Rabbis are practically required to have sex. (You must be married. Preferably with children).

The logic is beautiful in it's simplicity. A big part of your job in both rolls is guiding people throgh normal problems of life. Rebellious kids, angry wife, miserable mother in law etc... The kind of thing a virgin priest would know nothing about and thus give pointless advice.

However if you are looking for impressionable male virgins, FaceBook is a good place to start but Slashdot would be better. Most ACs should become priests. They already live under vows of Poverty and Chastity. Obedience isn't that hard to learn.

Re:JUST WOW

[schon]

I'm neither Jewish nor Catholic, but given the choice I would rather be a Rabbi. Rabbis are practically required to have sex. (You must be married. Preferably with children).

A priest and a rabbi are seated next to each other on a long plane ride, and start talking to each other.

As the flight progresses, they become friends, and start opening up a little bit towards each other. Eventually, the priest asks the rabbi if he's ever eaten a ham sandwich.

The rabbi admits that yes, he once had a bite of a ham sandwich.

The rabbi then asks the priest if he's had sex.

The priest admits that he once broke his vows and had sex.

The rabbi then says "sure beats the hell out of a ham sandwich, doesn't it?"

Re:JUST WOW

[spazdor]

Psychologists don't give advice on how to best be mentally ill

Don't they?

Wonderful

[PopeRatzo]

That sounds like a good idea. We know there aren't any perverts on Facebook.

Re:Wonderful

[WrongSizeGlass]

The Facebook page attracted more than 1,200 fans in one week.

Fans != applicants ... unless FB has changed the meaning of "like" yet again ;-)

Sometimes, the snarks just write themselves

[sizzzzlerz]

Come on, guys, at least try to come up with something a little harder to shoot arrows at.

Their friends list revealed!

[assemblerex]

Boyscouts,Nambla,MichaelJackson,GarryGlitter,Archdiocese of Dublin Accept Invitation Y/N?

A modern variation on an FBI sting

[VShael]

Bonjour, je m'appelle Chris Hanson.

Pourquoi n'avez-vous pas un siège de plus ici?

Sacred dogma = Law of mortal men from dark times

[thijsh]

In other words, the writing's on the wall, but the situation is celibate.

Re:Just allow priests to marry already.

[vlm]

Once they start giving in to modern concepts

Jews got married long before the christian era.

LFG

[Riddler Sensei]

Church LF Priest. Need heals and good to go.

Re:As a young person...

[Hrshgn]

As a French atheist I am really having trouble modding you...

Well, you know what they say....

[toadlife]

..."Abstinence makes the church grow fondlers!""