Catholics have long paid attention to often canonized saints who, upon being unearthed for various reasons, have been found not to have disintegrated as expected, and believe incorruptibility to signal potential holiness.
Tens of thousands of people flocked to the small town of Gower, Missouri over the last few weeks to witness the “miracle” of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster.
People are congregating in Missouri after news spread that the exhumed body of a nun had not decayed four years after her death. There is a long history to these claims.