The monks have retreated to two tents while the restoration of their monastery is ongoing, according to the prior of the Monastery of St. Benedict. Rubble surrounds a damaged building on Aug. 24 in ...

The shallow 6.2 magnitude quake struck 10km southeast of Norcia, a historic tourist town in southeastern Umbria, central Italy on Wednesday morning. The quake saw buildings reduced to dust in the area ...

AMATRICE, Italy — As Benedictine monks in Norcia, Italy, rebuild their monastery from the rubble caused by devastating earthquakes last year, they do so in the spirit of their founder, St. Benedict.

The earthquake left panicking shell-shocked residents for the third time in two months, reducing buildings to rubble and flattening a world famous 600-year-old basilica. The drone footage taken by the ...

Last week I spent two nights in Norcia, Italy, the birthplace of St. Benedict, the father of Western monasticism. I was blessed with a rare personal encounter with the monks of Norcia, joining them in ...