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So I totally thought k-d was jesting when she told me that there is a sexy priest calendar.

The Il Calendario Romano (The Roman Calendar) is a wall calendar of priests and seminarians created by Venice based photographer Piero Pazzi. Despite criticisms that the calendar projects an inappropriate image of clergy, Pazzi brushes aside the complaints and has carried on with producing the calendar for over a decade now.

“It contains a great deal of information for tourists in Rome, but I know that if I printed that by itself on a piece of paper nobody would look at it,” he said. “It’s about marketing. It’s a souvenir, not a statement of any kind." 

The iconic calendar costs 10 euros at most Vatican gift shops or online.