FUTURE SAINT? People touch and pray over the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster at the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles abbey near the town of Gower, Missouri on Sunday, May 28, 2023. AP PHOTO
FUTURE SAINT? People touch and pray over the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster at the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles abbey near the town of Gower, Missouri on Sunday, May 28, 2023. AP PHOTO

HUNDREDS of people flocked to a small town in Missouri this week and last to see a Black nun whose body has barely decomposed since 2019. Some say it's a sign of holiness in Catholicism, while others say the lack of decomposition may not be as rare as people think.

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