The hottest ticket in town is proving to be too hot as people begin scalping tickets to the Pope's mass.

With only 46,000 tickets printed and hundreds of thousands of requests, the papal mass tickets are making some, willing to pay whatever it takes to get a glimpse of Pope Benedict XVI (web|news|bio) .

The tickets are non-transferable and not for sale and they are technically property of the Archdiocese. "This is for a free mass. It's liturgy, a religious event. It's not a rock concert," said Susan Gibbs with the Archdiocese of Washington. 

The Archdiocese already sent out 25 "cease and desist" letters to people trying to sell their tickets and it's also warning people who buy them that the Secret Service will be notified.

Gibbs guarantees that tickets can and will be canceled if attained illegally, "We have the ability with all the electronics today, there's all sorts of security built in, so there's a possibility to flag a ticket and a possibility to cancel a ticket."

Despite the warnings, Scott Williams said he's not giving up. "There's got to be some way around it, there's always some loophole in every policy in some problem... Right?"

If a ticket holder is not able to attend the mass and is willing to give their ticket away, that is allowed, as long as they notify their pastor or the Archdiocese.

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