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Pizza with a dash of holiness for a limited-time only

A Philadelphia pizzeria gets a unique delivery just a week before a very special visitor hits town.

September 16, 2015

A Pennsylvania pizza place is delivering hot slices with a special twist for the next few weeks.

Customers ordering pies from Garlic Knot Pizzeria in Freeland, Philadelphia, might notice something a bit different on the traditional pie box the delivery boy places in their hands or the box they grabbed from the counter.

The top of the box boasts an illustration of Pope Francis in front of a Philadelphia skyline

"They showed up I think almost by coincidence," Bonnie Yurko, the owner of The Garlic Knot, told TV station WNEP.

The special illustrated boxes arrived without any special order from Yurko, apparently, and are part of a limited edition given the papal visit on Sept. 26 to the Philadelphia area.

The coincidence had Yurko joking about the “Pizza Pope.”

"If people make a big deal out of it, God bless them,” she told WNEP.

Apparently they’ve already caught on with customers, some of whom may view the box as some sort of papal collectible.

"They're flying out of here,” said Yurko.