Late comedian Bob Hope donated funds for theOur Lady of Hope Chapel to the Basilica of theNational Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

The Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center at Catholic

University features a convenience store, a bookstore and

the main campus lecture hall where Pope Benedict XVI

addressed educators last week.

Take a free tour of the church,

chapels and garden of the Franciscan

Monastery of the Holy Land,

a National Historic Site.

The Pope John Paul II Cultural Centerfeatures a reflecting pool, a life-size statue ofthe late pontiff and a bronze casting of his hand.

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Visiting Capuchin College can be humbling: The friars follow the rule ofSt. Francis of Assisi, to “live in obedience, without property and in chastity.”

Catholic University studentscrowd Colonel Brooks’ Tavernfor cocktail, er, “study” hour.

The papal flag flies beneath the U.S.flag at the Dominican House of Studies,a Catholic graduate school of theology.

The beckoning statue of Christ at the UnitedStates Conference of Catholic Bishops isjokingly referred to as “Jesus Hailing a Taxi.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and KansasGov. Kathleen Sebelius are alumnae ofTrinity Washington University.

St. Josaphat UkrainianCatholic Seminary, whichsits on land the UkrainianCatholic Church bought in1943, was built for morethan $500,000.

Watch the sun set behind thegolden onion domes of theUkrainian Catholic NationalShrine of the Holy Family.

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RoadTrip A Post-Pope ‘Keep the Faith’ Tour in D.C.

WHERE: Brookland in Northeast Washington.

WHY: Pope Benedict XVI was here, the life of John Paul II andholy spirits (and beer and wine).

HOW FAR: About four miles.

L ast week, Pope Benedict XVI graced Washington with amuch-heralded visit. If you missed His Holiness or can’tjet off to Italy, head instead to Brookland, the area’s “Lit-tle Vatican.”

The Northeast Washington neighborhood was once farmlandand home to Bellair, the 1840 Greek Revival mansion built by Col.Jehiel Brooks. In 1887, the Catholic Church bought a parcel ofland on which to build Catholic University of America, the onlycollege in the United States under the direct patronage of theVatican. An area building spree followed: Trinity College (nowTrinity Washington University) opened in 1897, the FranciscanMonastery of the Holy Land was dedicated in 1899 and construc-tion of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Con-ception began in 1920 (it is still going on). By World War II, thecommunity featured 60 Catholic facilities and a sizable IrishCatholic population. And now Brookland can proudly add anoth-er papal pit stop to its résumé.

— SA Kalinich and Tony Glaros

Road Trip maps are available at www.washingtonpost.com/roadtrip, as are addresses and

hours of operation (be sure to check before you go). Have anidea for a trip? E-mail roadtrip@washpost.com.

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“In this way I slid apart from all that was easy

and comfortable and lawful; and so tired was

my bandit friend that I took the oars myself and

rowed facing forward.”

— Hapless writer Monte Becket joins a buddy’s fugitive fl ight

Enger is a natural storyteller, and his tale of

campfi re camaraderie recalls the kinds of stories

little boys read under covers by fl ashlight.

The Minnesota author follows

his successful fi rst novel,

“Peace Like a River,” with

an old-timey story about a

friendship between two

men on the lam in the

dusty Midwest in 1915.

So Brave,Young, and Handsome By Leif Enger

Atlantic Monthly

$24

The book’s coziness comes at the expense of

well-drawn characters and convincing plot turns.

It’s more a genial time-passer than literature for

the ages.— Reviewed by Sara Cardace

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“ . . . men, I say, but better to call them human

spiders that go crawling in between and under

tables with rags in their hands, crushed humans

in crushed uniforms, sluggish, unshaven . . . ”

— Balram describeshis fellow servants

The author renounces the same old

yogier-than-thou, Bollywood vision of India in

favor of a story in which the fi lthy, unjust and

depraved underbelly of his country is revealed.

In his fi rst novel, the

former Time correspondent

illuminates India’s corrosive

class struggle with a tale about Balram Halwai,

a poor driver in Delhi who murders his

master to attain freedom.

The White Tiger By Aravind Adiga

Free Press

$24

What’s with framing the

novel as a 276-page letter to

the premier of Beijing, who

is visiting Bangalore?— Alexis Burling

“If every soldier in the world /

Put down his weapon and

picked up a woman /

What a peaceful world this

world would be”

— “Ladies of the World”

The lyrics are funny, but it’s the deadly sonic

accuracy with which the two guys ape Prince,

the Pet Shop Boys and Eminem (among many

others) that makes the laughs a renewable

resource.

New Zealand’s self-described

“fourth most popular” comic folk duo

releases studio versions of the tunes

you’ve probably already ripped from

episodes of its HBO series.

Flight of the Conchords Flight of

the Conchords

Sub Pop

$15.99

Novelty act = limited shelf

life. You thought Weird

Al’s and Adam Sandler’s records were pretty

hilarious once, too. — Chris Klimek

“Take the ‘M’ for me and the ‘Y’ for you

out of ‘family,’ and it all falls through”

— “M for Me,” a litany of Oprahisms as spelling bee rehearsal

Bragg’s sturdy tunes are

melodic and heartfelt,

and he has brought

a new tenderness to his

singing.

The onetime rabble-rousing Brit folkie

mellows into middle age with songs about

faith and fi delity (good),

imprisonment without charge

(bad) and the tobacco industry

(also bad, duh).

Mr. Love & JusticeBilly Bragg

Anti-

$17.99

The pair of protest songs that show up late feel

perfunctory, as if Bragg’s fi rst album in six years

couldn’t completely ignore the idiom in which he

fi rst found fame during the Thatcher era.— C.K.

“Can you imagine if real vampires dressed

that way? They’d get beat up by frat boys

every day!”

— Dave’s vampire friend Jerome disses the garb at a mortals Goth party

At the Last Stop convenience

store, where Goth fetishists

unwittingly rub elbows with

actual bloodsuckers, undead

night manager Dave

Miller falls in love with

one such wannabe.

Life Sucks By Jessica Abel,

Gabe Soria and

Warren Pleece

First Second

$19.95

“You know you’ve reached rock bottom when

you’re told you have character fl aws by a man

who hanged his predecessor in a military coup.”

— Charlie (Tom Hanks, right) reacts to being dressed down

by Pakistan’s prime minister

The depiction of backroom deals,

bedroom lies and bureaucratic parlor

tricks is the stuff of D.C. dreams, and

Philip Seymour Hoffman is hilarious as

a shadowy CIA operative.

Mike Nichols recounts

the real-life tale of a

congressman who steered millions of dollars to

Afghan “freedom fi ghters” in the 1980s in order

to defeat the Russians.

Charlie Wilson’s WarRated R

Universal

$29.98

The fi lm thinks it’s much

funnier than it is and

suffers from a too little, too

late acknowledgment of

U.S. policy blowback.— Greg Zinman

“If this is the last thing you see . . .

that means I died.”

— Hud (T.J. Miller) tries for portent but gets it only partly right

A Big Scary Monster

interrupts a going-away party

by destroying most of New York,

and the events are captured on

a camcorder.

Cloverfi eld Rated PG-13

Paramount

$29.99

The fi lmmakers forgot

to create any characters

that we might care

about. The exploitation

of Sept. 11-style imagery

for horror kicks is pretty

cheap, too. — G.Z.

The Wii remote becomes the

“celestial paintbrush” in your

hands as you draw items on

the screen (such as bombs and zip lines)

and watch them magically appear.

Everything you see in this

uniquely beautiful game

looks as though it leapt off

the canvas of an antique

Japanese painting.

A two-year-old PlayStation

game about a wolf goddess

saving ancient Japan with her

magic paintbrush is reborn as one of the greatest

adventures for the Wii.

Okami Wii

Rated Teen

Capcom

$39.99

Folks who played the original may not want to

devote another 30-plus hours to seeing the same

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Abel and Soria’s

script offers cheeky new twists on

post-Buffy deconstructed vampire lore,

and Pleece’s art gives endearing nuance

to the main characters.

Several moments of visceral ultraviolence

pop up, and though they’re not sensation-

alistic, they present a jarring break from

the rest of the story.— Evan Narcisse

The rapacious lice that drop from the

monster’s hide are really, really icky.

The package features a slew

of extras for those not sated

by the theatrical

release’s body

count.

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