People pray over the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster at the abbey of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, near Gower, Mo., in April 2023. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel Catholic tradition offers ...

Hundreds of pilgrims have descended on a Benedictine monastery for religious sisters in rural Missouri in recent days after news began to spread on social media last week that the recently exhumed ...

Catholic pilgrims are descending on a Benedictine monastery in rural Missouri after a seemingly incredible discovery. The body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB, the African American foundress of ...

Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster was known for insisting on wearing her traditional habit — even when most of the Oblate Sisters of Providence had adopted more modern garb. “I am Sister WIL-HEL-MINA,” she ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GOWER, Mo. — Catholic faithfuls are making ...

An abbey in rural Missouri has become the site of pilgrimage for many Catholics who view the body of a Benedictine nun as a modern American miracle. Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster died in May 2019, but ...

TO SEE THE ROYALS PLAY A PERFECT, PRESERVED PIECE OF HISTORY IN A SMALL MISSOURI TOWN, THE TOWN OF GOWER, MISSOURI, HALFWAY FROM SMITHVILLE TO SAINT JOSEPH OFF 169 HIGHWAY IS BEING FLOODED WITH ...

The results of a medical examination of the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB, have confirmed that there were no signs of decomposition when her body was exhumed last year, according to a ...

ALBA DE TORMES, Spain (OSV News) — The silver coffin of St. Teresa of Ávila was opened in Alba de Tormes Aug. 28 only to confirm her body has remained incorrupt since her death in 1592. The opening of ...