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Brazil’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue is caught in a battle between church and state
Critics, however, see the move as a threat to Brazil’s secular state and its environmental commitments. Built in 1922 by the Catholic Church, the Christ the Redeemer statue is inside the Tijuca ...
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Brazil’s Christ Redeemer statue illuminated in blue and white for Israel’s 70th anniversary
(JTA) — National landmarks in Brazil and Poland were illuminated in blue and white to celebrate Israel’s 70th anniversary. The Christ Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, which is managed by the ...
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Billionaire wants to build statue of Virgin Mary taller than Christ the Redeemer
An iconic statue of Christ the Redeemer in Brazil could soon be dwarfed by a new statue of Jesus’s mother. A Polish billionaire and his wife have announced plans to build a statue of the Virgin ...
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Christ the Redeemer statue lit green and yellow in honor of Joao Fonseca
After Fonseca stormed to the title at the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires last week, becoming the youngest Brazilian man and fourth-youngest man of any national original to win an ATP title this century, ...