"The first beauty pageant for nuns debuts next month with the advent of "Miss Sister Italy," aimed at erasing a stereotype of nuns as being old and sad, a newspaper reported Sunday.(Advertisement)
"Nuns are above all women and beauty is a gift from God," priest Antonio Rungi of the southern Italian diocese of Modragone told the daily Corriere della Sera."This contest will be a way to show there isn't just the beauty we see on television but also a more discrete charm," he added.
Nuns wishing to participate in the contest should send their picture to Rungi, who will publish it on his blog. Internet surfers can then vote for their favorite nun online.
"You really think all nuns are old, stunted and sad? This isn't the case any more, thanks to the arrival in our country of young and vital nuns," notably from Africa and Latin America, Father Rungi added." ------------
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great minds think alike - I sent a post about this here as well. Isn't it sad how the patriarchy double-speaks itself??? You must be pure! This is the ultimate gift of yourself to God! Oops... young women are not interested... Ok, you can also be pretty in the service of God! Not that you'll be able to do anything about it... but hey, we're the Catholic Church... (and btw, I'm Catholic, so to me this irony is particularly delicious).
*facepalm*
Valuing women: UR DOIN IT WRONG
Man Jesus has a hot wife(s).
Seriously, this has to be a plant article. Someone is culture jamming the AP or something.
Maybe young women would be more interested in a church that didn't tell them they're worth less than men. Just a guess.
I knew we shouldn't have let one of Hitler's Youth take over the religion.
I can't help but wonder if there will be a bikini section of the competition...