{"id":1940765,"date":"2023-05-30T17:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T21:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-faithful-head-to-missouri-to-see-intact-remains-of-exhumed-nun\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T17:06:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T21:06:08","slug":"hundreds-of-faithful-head-to-missouri-to-see-intact-remains-of-exhumed-nun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-faithful-head-to-missouri-to-see-intact-remains-of-exhumed-nun\/","title":{"rendered":"Many people go to Missouri to view the preserved body of a nun who was exhumed."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhundreds-of-faithful-head-to-missouri-to-see-intact-remains-of-exhumed-nun%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1940765&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><br \/>\n<html><br \/>\n  <body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Dan Kitwood\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Convent Exhumes Founder&#8217;s Remains, Catholics Believe It&#8217;s a Miracle<\/h2>\n<p class=\"author\">By OAN\u2019s Roy Francis | 1:28 PM \u2013 Tuesday, May 30, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of people have traveled to Missouri to a convent that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-digs-up-incinerates-corpse-over-family-objections-after-illegal-burial\/\" title=\"China Digs Up, Incinerates Corpse over Family Objections After 'Illegal' Burial\">recently exhumed<\/a> the remains of its founder which showed nearly no signs of decomposition four years after her death.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">\n        <script>\n          googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });\n        <\/script>\n      <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">According to reports, the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, the founder of Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles has been found incorrupt in Missouri four years after her death. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W4RLbx3sYR\">pic.twitter.com\/W4RLbx3sYR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            \u2014 Sachin Jose (@Sachinettiyil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sachinettiyil\/status\/1660699954745319424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2023<\/a>\n          <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>          <script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n        <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster had died in 2019 at the age of 95, she was then entombed in the outdoor convent cemetery in Gower, Missouri. The Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles exhumed her wooden coffin on May 18<sup>th<\/sup> in order to relocate her in their chapel when the discovery was made.<\/p>\n<p>Many Catholics believe that Lancaster could be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-faithful-head-to-missouri-to-see-intact-remains-of-exhumed-nun\/\" title=\"Many people go to Missouri to view the preserved body of a nun who was exhumed.\">modern-day saint due<\/a> to the lack of decay, which they consider a miracle.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt just felt like the presence of God was there as soon as I went into the monastery. It\u2019s a true miracle. I really think that,\u201d Rita Cospelich told FOX4. \u201cGod works in strange ways with miracles.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the Catholicism, a body that resists decay after death is considered \u201cincorrupt,\u201d and according to the Catholic News Agency, \u201cincorruptible saints give witness to the truth of the resurrection of the body and the life that is to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Bishop Johnston, the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, the process to pursue the cause for sainthood has not been initiated yet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cBishop Johnston is working to establish a thorough process for understanding the nature of the condition of Sister Wilhelmina\u2019s remains,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/kcsjcatholic.org\/2023\/05\/statement-regarding-sister-wilhelmina-lancaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> from the Diocese read. \u201cIncorruptibility has been verified in the past, but it is very rare. There is a well-established process to pursue the cause for sainthood, but that has not been initiated in this case yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The process to investigate sainthood is only allowed to begin five years after a person\u2019s death, therefore Lancaster has not yet reached the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/geraldo-torches-rep-omar-maybe-the-cops-cannot-do-their-job-because-they-burned-down-the-precinct\/\" title=\"Geraldo Torches Rep. Omar: \u2018Maybe The Cops Cannot Do Their Job Because They Burned Down The Precinct\u2019\">required minimum number<\/a> of years.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Dawson, who had visited from Kansas City with his son, said that it was \u201cvery peaceful. Just very reverent.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt was pretty amazing,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was very peaceful. Just very reverent.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dawson added that the nuns \u201cwanted to make her accessible to the public \u2026 because in real life, she was always accessible to people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The monastery said that Lancaster\u2019s remains will be placed in a glass shrine, where visitors will be able to see her body and collect dirt from her grave. However, when she is placed in the glass shrine, visitors will no longer be able to touch her.<\/p>\n<p>However, some are skeptical of what many are calling a miracle. According to Rebecca George, an anthropology instructor at Western Carolina University in North Carolina, human remains decay at different rates depending on the different variables, and that lack of decomposition isn\u2019t as rare as many believe.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cTypically, when we bury people, we don\u2019t exhume them. We don\u2019t get to look at them a couple years out,\u201d George said. \u201cWith 100 years, there might be nothing left. But when you\u2019ve got just a few years out, this is not unexpected.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When she was 13, Mary Elizabeth Lancaster wrote to the Oblate Sisters of Providence in Baltimore asking for permission to join. However, according to the Catholic News Agency, \u201cshe was too young so she had to wait a little bit longer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She had later taken on the name Wilhelmina when took her vows. At 70-years-old, she founded the order of sisters who are well known for their chart-topping Gregorian chant and classic Catholic hymn albums.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Other News:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The latest investigation by Project Veritas is a disturbing look inside the dark world of child pornography.<\/li>\n<li>Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk visits China to meet with senior Chinese officials to discuss the expansion of Tesla in Asia.<\/li>\n<li>Interview with Vivek Ramaswamy<\/li>\n<li>Interview with Dan Ball, Mike Sarraille and Nick Kush<\/li>\n<li>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet the chief executive of OpenAI, Sam Altman, on Thursday<\/li>\n<li>India will start a pilot project this week to establish itself as an electronics repair<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI actually like Ron DeSantis a lot,\u201d\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Chinese organisations<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds have flocked to a Missouri convent where the remains of founder Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster were exhumed, showing little decomposition four years after her death. 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