About ten years ago I was trying to drive home when traffic on this particular street came to a total stop.
In a house up ahead someone had gone public with the claim that the Blessed Mother had appeared in the wood grain on the door of a bedroom armoire.
News crews and a mass of people from who knows how far away gathered and absolutely clogged the streets. I found it totally embarrassing. The Church has really failed in its teaching mission if so many Cathholics are willing to jump to these sorts of superstitions.
I can't argue with that.