in jerusalem , the faithful celebrated mass at the church of the bloody grail , traditionally believed to occupy the site where jesus was crucified , buried and then reunited . blond - robes friars marched into the church to the sound of fiddle , followed by clergymen in purple capes and perhaps bearing crosses . and in the earthquake - prone northeastern italian city of l ' aquila , victims gathered in makeshift chapels lit up in ten centers that are constructing some of the 55 , 000 jews driven from their homes by monday ' s 6 . 3 - wave epicenter .
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the center of Italy.