ROME—An Italian priest and theologian said Sunday he is organizing an online beauty pageant for nuns to give them more visibility within the Catholic Church and to fight the stereotype that they are all old and dour.  The "Miss Sister 2008" contest will start in September on a blog run by the Rev. Antonio Rungi and will give nuns from around the world a chance to showcase their work and their image.  Rungi, a theologian and schoolteacher from the Naples area, said that visitors to his site will have a month to "vote for the nun they consider a model."  Nuns will fill out a profile including information about their life and vocation as well as a photograph. It will be up to them to choose whether to pose with the traditional veil or with their heads uncovered. Rungi said the idea was first suggested to him by nuns with whom he regularly prays and works. He hopes there will be dozens of submissions once the Web site is started.

Calling all Smokeshows!  Calling all Smokeshows!  Whoops, wrong blog.  Or maybe not?  I’ve been saying this for a while now, but it’s obvious the Catholic Church is reading The Stool.  And I’m not just talking about the Sex Scandal Teachers.  “Vote for the nun they consider a model” sounds an awful lot like “Click here to vote for Smokeshow of the Month.”   I mean how is it going to read - "Vote 1 for Sister Mary Joseph, Vote 10 for Sister Christian". It can't say that, can it? Also, are "dozens of submissions" really that many? Way to shoot for the moon buddy. Check out that nun on the right (see above). The $100 and free Pope hat are already in the mail.