Fire Damages Italian Monastery
A fire severely damaged the 17th-century Bernaga Monastery outside of Milan in northern Italy, forcing 21 cloistered nuns to flee the blaze.
The fire broke out around 7:30 p.m. on October 11, as the nuns were watching a live television stream of Pope Leo XIV’s prayer vigil for peace.
- The monastery, built in 1628, was nearly destroyed.
- Nine firefighting teams intervened to put out the blaze.
- The fire destroyed documents, religious artifacts, and the nuns’ personal belongings.
Notably, the nuns managed to save some paintings and a relic of St. Ambrose.
The women all escaped without harm.
This monastery is also significant as the place where St. Carlo Acutis received his first Communion.
Author's summary: Fire damages historic Italian monastery.
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