Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster miracle now being reported by the mainstream media

[AgnosticBoy]

Apparently, there is an alleged miracle that has been making its rounds on social media and is now being picked up by some in the mainstream media, like CNN. This miracle involves the corpse of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, a Catholic nun, showing no signs of decay despite being buried for 4 years.

CNN —
Hundreds of people have traveled to the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles Monastery, in rural Missouri to view a nun’s body which appears to show no signs of decay approximately four years after her death, according to the Catholic News Agency.

The body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, who died at age 95 in 2019, was exhumed “roughly four years later” so it can be moved to its final resting place inside a monastery chapel, the Catholic News Agency reported.

When the coffin was unearthed, Lancaster’s body was apparently “incorrupt,” which in Catholic tradition refers to the preservation of the body from normal decay. The remains were intact even though the body had not been embalmed and was in a wooden coffin, according to the news outlet.

The discovery has captured the attention of some members of the church, and prompted an investigation.

Furthermore, the original source, the Catholic News Agency, mentions this about "incorruptible saints":

The Catholic Church has a long-standing tradition of so-called “incorruptible saints,” more than a hundred of whom have been beatified or canonized. The saints are called incorruptible because years after their death parts of or even the entirety of their bodies are immune to the natural process of decay. Even with modern embalming techniques, bodies are subject to natural processes of decomposition.

According to Catholic tradition, incorruptible saints give witness to the truth of the resurrection of the body and the life that is to come. The lack of decay is also seen as a sign of holiness: a life of grace lived so closely to Christ that sin with its corruption does not proceed in typical fashion but is miraculously held at bay.

I posted this topic in the science section here because I wanted this claim examined from a scientific standpoint.

For Debate:
1. Share your reaction to this story. Upon first reading, would you say that it was extraordinary or miraculous?
2. Is this miracle? Does it defy the "natural process of decay"?