Italian Basilica of St. Benedict reopens 9 years after it was destroyed by earthquake

The outside of the reconstructed Basilica of St. Benedict in Norcia, Italy, is lit up with lights in celebration of its reopening on Oct. 30, 2025. / Credit: Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia Rome Newsroom, Nov 3, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). The Basilica of St. Benedict in Norcia, Italy, reopened for worship this weekend after a four-year project to rebuild the 13th-century edifice leveled by an earthquake in 2016.Archbishop Renato Boccardo of Spoleto-Norcia dedicated the newly rebuilt church on Oct. 31,…