Picture: Meet "Benny Bear", the first official souvenir for the pope's visit

USA Today:

"The first officially announced souvenir for Pope Benedict XVI's visit is the "Benny Bear." That's the nickname Archdiocese of Washington spokeswoman Susan Gibbs gave the bear, which will be sold only at six Washington, D.C.-area Build-A-Bear Workshop stores. "It's cute. It's fun. It brings the Holy Father into secular culture and lets parents go into a family-friendly store and do something related to their faith," Gibbs says.

The bears costs $10 to $20. The Christ Our Hope logo T-shirt costs $6, and a portion of the shirt sales will help pay for the pope's trip."

"Daddy, I want an umpa lumpa...."

No worries, a (slightly) more substantial post about the pope's April visit is in the works.