With the advent of the Internet, businesses and individuals alike have adapted by offering products and services online. I thought I’ve seen it all until I ran across Rent-A-Priest. Yes, this is an actual site that offers individuals the opportunity to rent a Catholic priest for whatever reasons you may have. Now this brings me to my next point. What for?
Quite simply there is a shortage of Catholic priests. According to the U.S. Conference of Bishops study, Twenty-seven percent of U.S. parishes lack a resident priest. This can be problematic if you have a weeding, funeral, or baptism just around the corner. Now of course I wouldn’t hire one as a baby sitter, especially for little boys, but for anything else it’s a great idea. But why the shortage?
The Catholic church runs a tight ship. They won’t allow priests who are married or gay. Of course pedophiles are always welcome for some reason. The Catholic church also bans outdoor weddings because heaven forbid you get married outside, in all of God’s splendor. They’d rather you get married in a man-made building. Stupid indeed.
I can see why the Catholic church wouldn’t allow gay priests. After all, homosexuals are evil doers that eat babies for breakfast and kill puppies for sport. But why the problem with married priests? Catholicism preaches marriage, but doesn’t practice it? Weird.
Honestly, I hope this trend continues as it only hurts Catholics and exposes their ignorance to the world.
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I had a wonderful outside wedding, performed by a gay judge who was formerly a Lutheran Minister. (Then he went to jail for embezzlement. He’s out on probation now.)
And we’re still married to this day!
Unless you need young boys molested daily it’s cheaper to rent than to have an unused priest in the closet.
Yu-hu!
For the time they finish I should keep a Champagne bottle ready!
For awhile i was what i like to call a “forced catholic”, meaning my parents made me go through the ritual every sunday, AND OCCASIONALLY WEDNESDAYS! But the reason catholic priest can’t be married is because they are “married to god”. Which is kind of funny too because the majority of christians picture God as a man, and catholitics being against gay marraige… Its just the church being hypocritical again.
I thought it was because of abstinence?
As you all know having sex before marriage makes you go to hell, so what better of making sure priests have no sex then to forbid marriage.
but, I’m probably wrong.
On the up side, I can finally get my dog exorsised now that I can call rent-a-priest.
How do they rate the priests? Is there way to know you’re getting a guy with stones like the Exorcist priest or conversely a guy afraid of flies like the Amityville Horror priest? Are blessing guaranteed, can I get a refund if I go to hell?
Found a little bit on the priests and marraiges thing.
By the 3rd century there were almost no married priests and several councils put the issue to rest until around the 9th century when many bishops and priests took wives and had children. A huge problem emerged with priests “willing” Church property to their families. Up to that point, the principle of celibacy was never completely surrendered in the official enactments of the Church. In 1123, celibacy was made official.
Its always about money with the church isn’t it?
what IS the catholic church but a way to preserve the status of those in power, by taking advantage of those who believe?
what do you think tithing is FOR anyway?
They are the people who don’t want to make a living by contributing something meaningful to society… so they live off the beliefs of others. Which in itself is only annoying… its when they try to become rich from it that it becomes unforgivable.
Evan Says:
September 2nd, 2006 at 4:48 am
“what do you think tithing is FOR anyway?“
Hell, I always thought it was so god could support his immense cocaine habit.
The Bible doesn’t prohibit marriage by elders (priests). That’s a purely Catholic kinda thing. And, no, Catholics don’t believe that priests are married to God.
The idea of celibacy and priests being unmarried were man-made laws of the church. There is nothing in The Bible which suggests priests must remain unmarried – quite the contrary.
Throughout the world, The Old Catholic Church (not Roman Catholic) is gaining strength. This church goes back centuries when bishops, who were unhappy with certain rulings of the Popes, broke away and began similar Catholic churches….The Mass, Holy Sacraments, etc.
Most Old Catholic churches permit priests to be married, women to become priests; and the serving of communion and receiving of all holy sacraments regardless of who you are or what you’ve done.
If you would like to remain a Catholic, but have some issues with the Roman Catholic Church, I recommend seeking out an Old Catholic Church, where anyone can begin a new and meaningful spiritual life without the baggage and many of the rules.
no one ca say if this is truth or not, anyway this was a good topic, i will make sure i bookmark your site