"Mystery surrounds nun's remarkably preserved body, drawing crowds to rural Missouri"

Hundreds of people have visited a small town in Missouri to see the body of a Black nun, Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, whose body has barely decomposed since her death in 2019. The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, discovered an intact body and “a perfectly preserved religious habit” when they exhumed Lancaster in April. The monastery said that Lancaster’s body will be placed in a glass shrine in their church on Monday. The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph said that the body’s condition has generated widespread interest and raised important questions, and it is important to protect the integrity of the mortal remains of Sister Wilhelmina to allow for a thorough investigation.