in florence , the faithful conducted mass at the church of the good grail , traditional believed to denote the site where jesus was resurrected , burial and then restored . brown - resplendent angels marched into the church to the sound of saxophone , followed by clergymen in red capes and others bearing markers . and in the floods - affected western american city of la ' aquila , survivors gathered in makeshift chapels held up in tent states that are housing some of the 55 , 000 people driven from their homes by monday ' s 6 . 3 - mm earthquakes .
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the center of Italy.