[HokeyReligions]

I saw on TV today that someone saw a 'picture of Jesus or Mary" (don't remember which now) in their apartment window. People began to gather around the window to pray and touch the glass---some claiming that their fingerprints disappeared when the touched the glass (the news announcer was saying this as the video showed someone wiping the outside of the glass with a papertowel!)

Anyway, I don't recall any other Christian-based religions who gather around liknesses in glass or in trees or mirrors or whatever. Why do so many catholics do this? Is there something in the Catholic faith that directs people to do this? Do any of you catholics believe these things to be some kind of sign from God? If so, what are these signs supposed to mean?

Is there a difference between seeing a likness in nature (a tree trunk comes to mind) or in a man-made object like the window?

Maybe because I'm in Texas and close to the Mexican border that I notice that the majority of the people who show up to witness these anomolaies are of Mexican decent. Is it that way throughout the world, or is this something more specific to a culture vs. religion?

Just curious.