Seems like the Pope gig has pretty good Bennie’s!?! Where can we get an application?! Can we apply on line?! Can atheist apply?!
My Dad was suppose to go into the priesthood. In a very Catholic family that's what the young male is suppose to do. But he either was kicked out or left the Catholic school and chose atheist. He did enjoy studying the Bible, said it was full of lots of good stories. He was never a believer.
The priests started talking to my Dad about joining the priesthood too (like you said, it was a Catholic family thing to do) but my Nana found out and took it up with the priest that he was her only son and they were to keep their hands off of him. They took his cousin instead - they had several boys. What a racket.