Nun’s incorruptible body highlights Black Catholic heritage
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 3, 2023
The recent discovery of a Black American nun's apparently incorrupt remains in Missouri highlights the rich heritage of Black Catholics in the U.S., experts told OSV News.
During an April 28 exhumation, the body of Benedictine Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster of the Most Holy Rosary -- foundress of the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles, in Gower, Missouri -- was shown to be little changed since her May 2019 death at age 95.
The congregation, which had sought to transfer the remains to its new shrine altar honoring St. Joseph, was stunned to find . . .
