This 'Hot Priest' Calendar Is Testing Catholic Celibacy

Tourists apparently buy more than 75,000 copies of the "hot priest" calendar in Rome. Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks. Watch TYT LIVE on weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live Read more HERE: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddes... "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”. *** The largest online progressive news show in the world. Hosted by Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian. LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. Help support our mission and get perks. Membership protects TYT's independence from corporate ownership and allows us to provide free live shows that speak truth to power for people around the world. See Perks: ▶ https://www.youtube.com/TheYoungTurks... SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE: ☞ http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... FACEBOOK: ☞   / theyoungturks   TWITTER: ☞   / theyoungturks   INSTAGRAM: ☞   / theyoungturks   TWITCH: ☞ http://www.twitch.com/tyt 👕 Merch: http://shoptyt.com ❤ Donate: http://www.tyt.com/go 🔗 Website: https://www.tyt.com 📱App: http://www.tyt.com/app 📬 Newsletters: https://www.tyt.com/newsletters/ If you want to watch more videos from TYT, consider subscribing to other channels in our network: The Watchlist    / watchlisttyt   Indisputable with Dr. Rashad Richey    / indisputabletyt   Unbossed with Nina Turner    / unbossedtyt   The Damage Report ▶    / thedamagereport   TYT Sports ▶    / tytsports   The Conversation ▶    / tytconversation   Rebel HQ ▶    / rebelhq   TYT Investigates ▶    / @tytinvestigatesreports   #TYT #TheYoungTurks #BreakingNews 221215__BE03HotPriestsBP