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The Day the Pope Came to Town

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Pope Benedict XVI arrived in New York this morning. Later this afternoon, he'll visit St.Joseph's Church in Manhattan. The church was founded by German Catholics, and the Pope himself is from Germany. St. Joseph's is around the corner from the hallowed halls of Schaller and Weber, which specializes in German wursts. BPP Producer Dan Pashman and I found that the famed meat store has something special planned for the pontiff's visit...

Win Rosenfeld

3:10 PM ET | 04-18-2008 | permalink

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You ain't kidding, a genius call on the pretzel as bun! As an ex-Army Brat who spent about 5 years in Garmisch, Germany that sandwich looks like complete heaven to me. Anybody know where something like that could be gotten in Seattle? I officially have a hankerin'.

Sent by Robin | 4:50 PM ET | 04-18-2008

now that was truly a yummy moment of universality...right before passover...by the way, do you know if the pope got invited to a seder/sedar???

Sent by jan | 8:13 PM ET | 04-18-2008

nice...i almost sprayed the laptop with pepsi....

popewurst is just too funny.

Sent by jeff stiefer | 3:50 AM ET | 04-21-2008

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