Show-Me Catholic Nun Desecration

From our vantage . . . This whole thing seemed like a bit of sacrilege and digging up this lady was a sketchy move at best. 

In the meantime, KCUR offers some skepticism and tacit allegations of racism, of course . . . Check-it:

The case reminds him of “bog bodies” pulled from muck in northern Europe and the British Isles. Some of them retain remarkable facial detail after more than 4,000 years.

But Sister Wilhelmina’s case for sainthood needn’t rest on the resilience of her body after death, said Dan Stockman. He’s the national correspondent for Global Sisters Report . . .

“The Catholic Church in the United States does not have a great track record on race. You had stories of sisters who applauded when Martin Luther King was assassinated,” said Stockman. “Black sisters in white orders who were treated just unbelievably bad. Um, and yet they stayed, they kept the faith.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

'Miracle' Missouri nun overcame racism in life, the elements in death

Pilgrims flocking to see the well-preserved remains of an exhumed nun north of Kansas City say her "incorrupt" body signals sainthood. The other sign has to do with the racism Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster overcame as a Black nun in the 20th century.