By Joe Bukuras Gower, Missouri, May 29, 2023 / 20:02 pm The body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, an African American nun whose surprisingly intact remains have created a sensation at a remote Missouri abbey, was placed inside a glass display case Monday after a solemn procession led by members of the …

By Tyler Arnold Washington D.C., May 30, 2023 / 14:50 pm A new plan approved in the Archdiocese of St. Louis will reduce the number of parishes from 178 to 134 amid concerns about a lack of priests and shrinking Mass attendance, Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski announced over the weekend. The plan, …

By Tyler Arnold Washington D.C., May 30, 2023 / 15:50 pm Baltimore police are searching for a man who is accused of attacking and beating two elderly pro-life activists who were praying outside of a Baltimore Planned Parenthood abortion clinic on May 26. According to witnesses cited in the police report, …

By Kevin J. Jones Denver Newsroom, May 26, 2023 / 15:40 pm Ohio’s Catholic Diocese of Columbus will close 15 churches as part of a parish reorganization and merger plan, but Bishop Earl K. Fernandes emphasized new possibilities for growth, especially if lay Catholics take on more responsibility for the Church’s …

By Joe Bukuras, Shannon Mullen CNA Newsroom, May 26, 2023 / 13:45 pm Expert morticians are scratching their heads at the recently exhumed body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, a Benedictine nun who died in 2019 and now appears to be in an unexpected state of preservation. The reactions come a week after the …

By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, May 25, 2023 / 09:33 am Catholic pilgrims are descending on a Benedictine monastery in rural Missouri after a seemingly incredible discovery. The body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB, the African American foundress of the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles, appears to be in an …

By Kelsey Wicks Denver, Colo., May 24, 2023 / 15:45 pm 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 …

By Shannon Mullen Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 23, 2023 / 00:01 am Catholic leaders reacted with disgust Monday night after the Los Angeles Dodgers re-invited the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to be an honoree at the team’s LGBTQ+ Pride Night game on June 16 despite the drag group’s mockery of the …

By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, May 23, 2023 / 04:50 am Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed Erie, Pennsylvania, priest Monsignor Edward M. Lohse to lead the Diocese of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Lohse, 61, succeeds Bishop Paul J. Bradley, 77, whose resignation was accepted by Pope Francis on May 23. Bradley will continue …

By Courtney Mares Vatican City, May 22, 2023 / 11:15 am The Catholic Church is one step closer to canonizing a surfing saint. Pope Francis recognized the heroic virtue of Brazil’s “Surfer Angel” Guido Schäffer in a decree issued by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on Saturday. Schäffer was …