Nov 10, 2016
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By Josephine McKenna
When the earth shook and the walls came tumbling down in Norcia earlier this week, the Benedictine monks who live in the picturesque central Italian town somehow survived without a scratch.
But their historic basilica and monastery, built above the birthplace of St. Benedict, collapsed after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck the medieval town 100 miles north of Rome on Sunday (Oct. 30).
Source: http://religionnews.com/