He pointed out that Chavez is the Christ of the poor of Latin America.
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The First Family will tour the Christ the Redeemer statue on Corcovado mountain at 21:00 local time.
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The procession stops fourteen times recalling the scenes of Jesus' torture and crucifixion, known as the Passion of the Christ.
Meanwhile, The Passion of the Christ continues to attract audiences around the globe.
German-American youngsters expected gifts from Kris Kringle (the Christ Child) on Christmas Day.
It has toppled Mel Gibson's Almighty epic The Passion of the Christ from the top of the North American box office charts.
Only the Christ Child, seated on his mother's lap, makes a gesture.
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Films with faith-based messages have consistently done well, from Passion of the Christ to The Chronicles of Narnia movies and countless others.
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The overwhelming success of movies like Passion of the Christ and The Blind Side, with their Christian themes, stunned Hollywood and movie critics.
He eventually became a camera assistant working on films ranging from Haunted Mansion to The Passion of the Christ before teaming up with Argy.
"We certainly had higher expectations than what we got, " said Rob Schwartz, head of distribution for Newmarket Films, which released The Passion of the Christ.
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He is credited with saving the shantytown - perched on a hilltop overlooking the sea, with the Christ the Redeemer statue visible in the distance - from being demolished.
His home, close to the feet of the Christ statue that overlooks Rio de Janeiro, contained works by Picasso and Mondrian and other costly painters now thought of as reliable traditionalists.
But the thing about the annual culture war that would probably most surprise those who want to "keep the Christ in Christmas" is this: The original Puritan Protestants regarded the whole enterprise as blasphemous.
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Closer to the American mainstream are the box office film hit (which no one had predicted) The Passion of the Christ and the bestseller book by Rick Warren, The Purpose-Driven Life, which has sold more than 15 million copies.
But before that, the last really major international films made at Cinecitta were Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, shot way back in 2004, and Martin Scorsese's The Gangs of New York, which came out a decade ago.
Concerns that arose among some Jewish groups over his handling of the story of Jesus in "The Passion of the Christ" in 2004 were replaced by widespread condemnations two years later when Gibson was arrested on a drunk driving charge.
Outside, the terraced garden of olive trees seems especially peaceful, while from atop the hill behind the house, The Christ of Trash (a large sculpture that looks exactly like it sounds) and the white plaster eggs that top the walls can be seen.
Until a few years ago, travellers walking up the trail would bypass the ticket booths to reach the belvedere on the summit of the Corcovado and the statue of the Christ, but stricter controls are now in place and no one gets there for free anymore.
And the "Courthouse" (based on the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse in Foley Square), mounted on a stand that ratchets like a railroad or traffic barrier to suggest that access to justice is often barred, sits directly in front of the Christ Church United Methodist.
And, of course, Brazil and India have the same fears of China as global low cost manufacturer as the US. In India, each village has their own little gods of protection and people tend to have god idols in their homes the way a Brazilian might have a statue of Jesus with open arms, like the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio, decorating their book shelves.
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Christ the King's setting is less majestic than the sweeping views of Rio and Guanabara Bay surrounding the mountaintop perch of Christ the Redeemer, which was completed in 1931.
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That would seem to make it clearly taller than the famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, which is about 30 meters tall, excluding its large base, and the 34.2-meter-high Cristo de la Concordia in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
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And I know that when they were in Rio, the President and his family were moved by their visit to the iconic statue Christ the Redeemer, which has inspired so many people around the world.
No one doubted that something dreadful was about to happen to the naked Christ, who was being prodded up the incline by the paratroopers.
It captures beautifully the emotional crossover from the ancient sacred story of the birth of Christ to the everyday world in which we live, where it is sung in remembrance and celebration.
Most strikingly, he has masterminded a series of grand projects, especially the vast Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, a monument to tsarist splendour whose predecessor was blown up by Stalin in 1931.
The argument over the situation is so heated, the athletic director for Christ the King tossed out a New York Daily News who wanted to ask about it during the Feb. 4 game against Nazareth.
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