Fake priests in demand in Japan

captainkirk

07-10-2005, 11:20 AM

Only 1.4 percent of Japan’s 127 million people are Christians, but Christian-style ceremonies now account for three-quarters of Japanese weddings. To meet market demand, bridal companies in recent years have largely dispensed with the niceties of providing a pastor with a seminary education, keeping the requirements simple: a man from an English-speaking country who will show up on time, remember his lines, not mix up names and perform the ceremony in 20 minutes.Mga pekeng pari daw. Marami ganito sa Pilipinas. Sayang hindi sila puti. Nasa Taipei Times (Fake priests in demand in Japan - Taipei Times) ang buong article.

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