Pope goes to Italy quake zone
Photographer: Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Getty Images
Posted: 06/27/2012
ROVERETO DI NOVI, Italy - Pope Benedict has visited northern Italy to comfort survivors of last month's back-to-back earthquakes that killed 24 people, urging them to rebuild and keep the faith.
Benedict traveled by helicopter Tuesday from the Vatican to Rovereto Di Novi, where a priest was killed during an aftershock of the May 29 quake. The Rev. Ivan Martini died when part of his church roof caved in as he tried to save its statue of the Madonna.
The statue was displayed Tuesday in front of the church of St. Catherine. Many of the town's faithful are now living in small tents nearby.
Benedict briefly prayed at the church before greeting residents of the tiny town, much of which has been declared off-limits because buildings remain too unstable from the 5.8-magnitude quake. A 6.0-magnitude quake hit nearby May 20.
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