Apr 11, 2008 / 08:51 am
As Pope Benedict XVI, prepares to touch down in the U.S. next Tuesday, New Yorkers are gobbling up Pope-related merchandise, NBC reports.
Benedict XVI gear also seems to keep multiplying the forms in which it comes. His face is emblazoned on t-shirts, key chains, hats, mugs - even a bobblehead doll.
While it could be easily interpreted as another example of consumerism, Mt. Carmel Catholic book shop worker Neil Fusco says it's about spirituality, not sales.
"It's just about the Holy Father and making him known to the world," Fusco told NBC.