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Priests, deacons and seminarians got an earful recently at a conference called “You Will Receive Power!,” focusing on how to grow in holiness. Juding from this account, it touched not-so-subtly on the topic of preaching, too: “I think that the Lord wants to give us many graces, because we have to preach,” said Father Francis…

This will make you smile: one memorable way to mark a crosswalk countdown. From Los Angeles, of course. H/T to Andrew Sullivan. Crosswalk Countdown – GuerilLA from Kelly Herrington on Vimeo. How cool is that? 🙂

A power company truck is pictured in floodwaters in Coralville, Iowa, Sunday, June 15, 2008. Photo by: AP/Sue Ogrocki.

One of the more curious — and perhaps least-known — reported appearances of the Blessed Mother occurred in the United States about 50 years ago, and it’s still prompting debate among the faithful. She’s called “Our Lady of America,” and there’s a report on the status of this apparition in a Washington state newspaper: She…
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