Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, whose body was discovered apparently incorrupt, founded the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles. / Courtesy of the Benedictines of MaryDenver, Colo., May 24, 2023 / 15:45 pm (CNA).When the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles exhumed the body of their foundress Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB, on May 18, they found the unexpected: Four years after her death and burial in a simple wooden coffin, her body appeared remarkably well preserved.The news quickly spread on social media about the unusual state of the remains of the contemplative order s African American foundress, drawing hundreds of pilgrims to the monastery in rural Missouri.A pilgrim venerates the incorrupt body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB, on May 20, 2023. Lancaster was recently exhumed in Gower, Missouri. Credit: Kelsey Wicks/CNAQuestions remain to be answered about whether an investigation will take place to examine her remains scientifically. In the meant.
A few hundred Catholics marched through the streets of Washington, D.C., to publicly pray and adore the body of Christ during a eucharistic procession on Saturday, May 20, 2023. / Credit: Joe Portolano/CNAWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 24, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA).A few hundred Catholics marched through the streets of Washington, D.C., to publicly pray and adore the body of Christ during a eucharistic procession on Saturday, May 20, two days after the solemnity of the Ascension. The procession, led by Catholic Information Center (CIC) Director Father Charles Trullols, began at the CIC building at 1501 K St., NW, and passed by Lafayette Square, which overlooks the White House, and by the Veterans Affairs Building. It ended with Benediction back at the CIC.A few hundred Catholics marched through the streets of Washington, D.C., to publicly pray and adore the body of Christ during a eucharistic procession on Saturday, May 20, 2023. Credit: Joe Portolano/CNA"This was the best eve.
The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas. / Credit: Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity Discalced Carmelite NunsWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 24, 2023 / 15:15 pm (CNA).A Carmelite nun who accused the Diocese of Fort Worth and Bishop Michael Olson of violating both civil law and canon law is now appealing to the Vatican after the bishop refused to let her choose her own canon lawyer for representation in a diocesan investigation, according to a civil lawyer representing the nun.The diocese has accused the Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of violating her vow of chastity with a priest. Although the diocese claims she admitted to the misconduct, a civil lawyer representing Gerlach claims the admission came under heavy medication from a procedure and she does not recall what she admitted."She did not have sex with a priest," Matthew Bobo, the civil lawyer representing Gerlach, said in a statement.
Pope Francis delivers his Regina Caeli address on May 21, 2023. / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, May 25, 2023 / 08:07 am (CNA).Pope Francis has emphasized the importance of the virtue of justice in a message for the upcoming World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation."God wants justice to reign; it is as essential to our life as God s children, made in his likeness, as water is essential for our physical survival," he said in the message, released May 25."God wants everyone to strive to be just in every situation, to live according to his laws and thus to enable life to flourish," the pope continued. "When we Seek first the kingdom of God (Matthew 6:33), maintaining a right relationship with God, humanity, and nature, then justice and peace can flow like a never-failing stream of pure water, nourishing humanity and all creatures."Pope Francis established the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation in 2015, to be celebrated every year on Sept. 1.The e
Archbishop Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez at a press conference on May 21, 2023. / Credit: Video capture/Archdiocese of DurangoACI Prensa Staff, May 23, 2023 / 15:40 pm (CNA).An 80-year-old man wielding a knife tried to kill Archbishop Faustino Armendáriz of Durango, Mexico, on May 21. The attack took place in the cathedral sacristy after the Sunday noon Mass.The man was later arrested by municipal authorities.After the failed murder attempt, Armendáriz on Twitter thanked "God, the Most Holy Virgin, the Immaculate Conception, and the Holy Martyrs, who today on their feast day, have protected me from this aggression against my physical integrity in the sacristy of the Cathedral of Durango.""God bless everyone for their words of solidarity and their prayers," he said.Speaking later with local media, the prelate explained that after finishing Mass he went to the sacristy, where occasionally people come "to say hello, to consult, to chat."While he was speakin