The archdiocese is saying all those 45,000+ bar-coded Nationals Stadium tickets for the April 17 Mass have arrived and are now being sorted at their office. Parishes should be getting them sometime next week.
Also, hope you are saw today's story on Benedict's upcoming meeting with interfaith leaders. Just talked with a rabbi who's part of that gathering and he says the leaders are negotiating for some extra time with the pontiff, beyond what's been alloted in his schedule. Currently, the pope is not slated to spend a whole lot of time with some 200 people gathered at the John Paul II Center and was not supposed to be taking part in a banquet that's being prepared for all the guests. Maybe now he'll get to linger. Organizers keep on talking about the pope's "busy schedule" but it's no great secret that the interfaith gathering ends early in the evening and, at least officially, the pope has nothing scheduled after that.

— Julia Duin, assistant national editor/religion, The Washington Times