7 Years Post-Earthquake, Norcia’s Iconic Local Basilica Holds First Mass Since 2016

On Monday, October 30 at 7.40am — exactly seven years after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck central Italy — the Basilica di San Benedetto in Norcia, a small Umbrian town near the epicenter of the disaster, held its first mass since 2016. Many local and regional authorities, including President of the Region of Umbria Donatella Tesei, were in atte...