At 4 p.m. today, President Bush will take the unprecedented step of greeting Pope Benedict XVI upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base. You'll want to tune in to live coverage about 3:45, when Mr. Bush and first lady Laura Bush arrive at the base via motorcade (we earlier said they would come by helicopter, which was incorrect).

The pope, on board his papal plane en route for the U.S. today, said he was "deeply ashamed" of the pedophilia scandal involving Catholic priests, and promised that the church will "do what is possible so this cannot happen again in the future."

On another note, the White House last night sent out an imposing list of newspaper editorial boards that have criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for blocking the Colombian free trade agreement. We wrote today about Mr. Bush's harsh words for the California Democrat yesterday.

White House spokesman Tony Fratto, in the e-mail last night, said that Mrs. Pelosi "really knows how to bring people together."

"She has single-handedly managed to unite editorial rooms all across the nation (and beyond) with her misguided decision on the Colombia trade agreement," Mr. Fratto said.

Here's the list of editorials put out by the White House:

Washington Post — "Drop Dead, Colombia," 4/10

Wall Street Journal — "Pelosi's Bad Faith," 4/10

St. Louis Post-Dispatch — "The Politics of Trade," 4/10

National Review — "Free Choice," 4/10

Las Vegas Review Journal — "Trade talks," 4/10

Boston Herald — "The Pelosi Doctrine: Duck," 4/10

Seattle Times — "The Washington six: tampering with trade," 4/11

New York Post — "Pelosi's Putrid Sellout," 4/11

San Francisco Chronicle — "Trade pandering," 4/11

Denver Post — "Historical failure on Colombia trade pact," 4/11

New York Times — "Time for the Colombian Trade Pact," 4/11

The Oklahoman — "Pelosi's Ploy: Colombia Deal Succumbs To Politics," 4/11

Los Angeles Times — "Pelosi plays politics," 4/12

Chicago Tribune — "Caving on Colombia," 4/12

The Plain Dealer — "Sidetracking Colombia trade deal hurts U.S. businesses and workers," 4/13

Orange County Register — "Trading on ignorance," 4/13

Charleston Post Courier — "Politics trumps free trade," 4/14

Corpus Christi Caller Times — "Congress should pass Colombia trade deal," 4/14

Knoxville News-Sentinel — "House Democrats Holding Free Trade Hostage," 4/14

Financial Times — "A setback on trade in Washington," 4/14

Tacoma News Tribune — "Free trade shouldn’t be sacrificed to politics," 4/14

And more …

— Jon Ward, White House correspondent, The Washington Times