If you caught a glimpse of the Examiner, you’d probably walk away thinking that Pope Benedict hated D.C. traffic.

>> 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”…