We're highlighting odd or interesting pieces of pop culture we find popping up around Pope Benedict XVI's visit to D.C. and New York this week. Still haven't had enough of Pope Benedict XVI's trip to the United States? Check out some of these intriguing pope-themed items available for sale on the internet. Pope Benedict XVI Nested Dolls, available for $30 from 1-800-Porcelain.com. We're not exactly up on our other big-time Catholic figures. Do you know......

Just in case you missed yesterday's best bit of video on the internet, check out President Bush offering his assessment of Pope Benedict XVI's speech outside the White House (via the Hill's Blog Briefing Room).......

We're highlighting odd or interesting pieces of pop culture we find popping up around Pope Benedict XVI's visit to D.C. and New York this week. Pope Benedict XVI's first U.S. popemobile ride today was littered with entrepreneurs trying to cash in on those who wanted to take home a souvenir of their papal experience. If you hadn't already snagged your "Property of Pope Benedict XVI" T-shirts from Catholic to the Max, the official supplier of......

There was a parade this morning at Franklin Square to celebrate Emancipation Day -- not that anyone much noticed, what with Pope Benedict XVI's visit taking up all the attention. But indeed today is an important District-wide holiday, as it was on this day in 1862 that President Abraham Lincoln freed over 3,000 slaves in the District with the declaration of the Compensated Emancipation Act, which came eight months before slaves were freed throughout the......

Pope Benedict XVI took to his popemobile after meeting with President Bush at the White House this morning. The pontiff, who is celebrating his 81st birthday today, rode west beginning around noon on Pennsylvania Ave. through Washington Circle before heading north on Rock Creek Parkway before exiting at Massachusetts Ave. to arrive at the Vatican embassy. A large, enthusiastic crowd of about 10,000 gathered to cheer on the Pope as he rode by, rather swiftly......

President Bush and first lady Laura Bush greet Pope Benedict XVI as he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Pope Benedict XVI arrived at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland at about 4:11 p.m. for his first papal visit to the United States. President Bush greeted the pontiff on a red carpet on the tarmac in front of thousands of people who gathered to catch a glimpse of the Catholic......

The first in what will hopefully be a series of posts highlighting odd or interesting pieces of pop culture we find popping up around Pope Benedict XVI's visit to D.C. and New York this week. Did you love Shepard Fairey's Obama posters? Artist Michael Ian Weinfeld has created this limited edition copycat "POPE" print of Benedict XVI in honor of the pontiff's visit to the United States this week. It's available for purchase for $99.......

Via WTOP, the Archdiocese of Washington is trying to get the word out to would-be scalpers of tickets to the papal mass on April 17 that they are breaking the law. Georgina Stark, spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Washington, tells WTOP, "You cannot sell a sacrament. This is a mass, so it is a sacrament. The tickets are not for sale." Susan Gibbs, spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of Washington, says the archdiocese has sent out......

Metro says they will be ready for the 25,000 plus additional riders they expect when during Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Washington this week. In addition to the usual "additional station managers on hand", Metro will run trains at rush hour levels on Wednesday and Thursday between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. The renovated Navy Yard exit nearest to Nationals Park will also be converted to exit only before the papal mass on Thursday, and......

The Archdiocese of Washington may not have been amused by WMATA's bobblehead Pope video, but they certainly still want area faithful to use public transit to catch a view of the pontiff when he travels around the city via popemobile later this month. To help people plan, they've released the official popemobile routes for Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Washington on April 16 and 17. On April 16, which is the Holy Father's 81st birthday,......

The last time Metro dipped its toes into the exciting world of internet video, DCist was the first to share their low-budget, Peeps going to Nationals Park spectacular. Our readers enjoyed that one so much, Metro just tipped us off to their latest effort, titled "Strangers on a Train", which aims to pimp their special Papal Mass Pass. The pass itself is a good idea: it costs a flat $9, and gives those who......

Photograph of Pope Benedict XVI by Pier Paolo Cito/Associated Press It's fair to say that Washington's Catholic community is currently up to its eyeballs in Pope Fever, what with the pontiff's exclusive April 17 mass at the new Nationals stadium only a little over a month away. Turns out, Pope Benedict XVI will be bringing more than the Popemobile with him to D.C. Bloomberg News reports that today the Vatican has officially created seven brand......

>> Pope Benedict XVI will make his first visit to the United States as pontiff in April next year, with his first mass to be held at the new Nationals stadium here in D.C. [AP via WTOP] >> Four people who were stabbed Sunday afternoon during a soccer game near RFK are expected to be OK. [AP via WJLA] >> The Maryland House of Delegates this week will take up Gov. Martin O'Malley's plan......

Shortly after Pope Benedict XVI was elected by the College of Cardinals, the Archbishop of Washington, Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, sent his letter of retirement to the Vatican. This is something that bishops are required to do when they turn 75, and the Pope accepted the resignation and soon nominated a successor. The Bishop of Pittsburgh, Donald W. Wuerl, was appointed to be the new leader of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Washington last month. Yesterday,......

Some readers have chimed in wanting news about the new Pope, Benedict XVI. Since we don't have a Vaticanist and the announcment was made from beneath the dome of St. Peter's Basilica and not the U.S. Capitol, we are coming up empty as to a District of Columbia angle. So here we go. We were waiting for a chicken philly at Sun Spot Cafe on G Street NW near the Georgetown University Law Center, "YMCA"......