Video: DC Metro's video for pilgrims (w/ bobblehead pope and chanted Latin!)

By way of a DC insider, a DC insider blog gives us the scoop on this public service message created by the Washington DC Metro for pilgrims coming to see Pope Benedict XVI and using the special Papal Mass Pass.

Here's the video (update 2: link restored, but see why it was taken down here):



Favorite line: "Avoid the unholy traffic. Take metro."

And I wonder where they found someone to chant in Latin?!

DC insider explanation:

The last time Metro dipped its toes into the exciting world of internet video, DCist was the first to share their low-budget, Peeps going to Nationals Park spectacular. Our readers enjoyed that one so much, Metro just tipped us off to their latest effort, titled "Strangers on a Train", which aims to [promote] their special Papal Mass Pass. The pass itself is a good idea: it costs a flat $9, and gives those who plan to follow Pope Benedict XVI around town when he arrives to give a special mass at Nationals Park on April 17 unlimited rides all day.

We're totally fine with a Pope bobblehead taking Metro. Heck, the more bobbleheads we encounter on public transportation, the better....

Indeed. I take the metro's red line every day, and have yet to encounter the papal bobblehead. Or the pope.

update: the Archdiocese of DC requested this video be taken down from the Metro website.