Hundreds of people are traveling to a monastery in a small Missouri town to view a nun’s body that seemingly has no signs of decay four years after her death.
Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster founded the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles, a monastery in Gower, Missouri, about an hour outside Kansas City.
According to Catholic News Agency, exhumers found a layer of mold on Lancaster’s body, likely due to condensation in the cracked coffin.
In Catholicism, bodies that defy the decomposing process are known as “incorrupt,” a sign of holiness and later justification for sainthood.
The statement from the diocese notes, “Incorruptibility” is very rare and a “well-established process to pursue the cause for sainthood,” but the process has not begun in Lancaster’s case.
After the procession, Sister Wilhelmina’s body will be encased in glass near the altar of St. Joseph in the chapel to welcome devotees.
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