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A young man touches a religious statue to the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB, on May 25, 2023, at the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles monastery in Gower, Missouri. / Used with permission.CNA Newsroom, May 26, 2023 / 13:45 pm (CNA).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 abbess and sisters of the community that she founded, the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles...

A statue of St. Junipero Serra, which was defaced and torn down by protesters Oct. 12, 2020, at Mission San Rafael Arcangel in San Rafael, California. Courtesy photo.Denver, Colo., May 26, 2023 / 13:15 pm (CNA).Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco said Thursday that prosecutors' decision to reduce the charge against activists who destroyed a parish's statue of a saint from felony to misdemeanor sends the signal that attacks against the Catholic Church can continue with impunity."It is clear to me that this course of action would not have been taken with anyone else. In fact, i...

Photos of the man who allegedly set a fire at St. Mary's Cathedral and charged at two staff members on May 19, 2023. / Calgary Police DepartmentBoston, Mass., May 26, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA).Local police in Canada are asking for the public's assistance in identifying a man who allegedly set a fire and assaulted two men at St. Mary's Cathedral in Calgary, located in the western province of Alberta.Police responded early in the morning to reports of a "deliberately set fire" at the cathedral on May 19, the Calgary Police Department said in a May 25 statement.Two staff members at the...

The Vatican on April 2, 2022, announced that Pope Francis had appointed Father Earl K. Fernandes to be the next bishop of the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio. / Courtesy of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.Denver Newsroom, May 26, 2023 / 15:40 pm (CNA).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 future."When I arrived, I said I'm not interested in presiding over 25 years of decline in the di...

The facade of Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in La Paz, Bolivia. / Credit: Yasemin Olgunoz Berber/ShutterstockACI Prensa Staff, May 25, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA).Faced with the scandal over allegations of sexual abuse perpetrated by various priests in Bolivia, the country's bishops acknowledged having been part of the "deep pain caused to innocent persons" and announced the creation of commissions to investigate the cases.In a May 24 statement, the Bolivian Bishops' Conference reported that it had received the visit of Msgr. Jordi Bertomeu, an official with the Dicastery for the...