Priests want to take part on this years Football Euro
The football fever around the Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland has now also captured the holy priests.
Austrias clerics also want to be a part of the Football Euro.
Auxiliary bishop Franz Scharl is going to pledge 18 sacral action forces today, but this should be just the beginning for a religious offensive during the European event.
The priests who are official members of the Football Euro 2008 organisation, receive a special education for their task. They should cheer up fans from unlucky teams, and calm down violent hooligans with peaceful biblical quotations.
It’s planned to have more than 80 of those “football priests” in Vienna and Lower Austria.