Appointed cardinal by Pope Francis, Tempesta was going to celebrate Mass in the Cathedral this morning, since due to the rainfall the ceremony originally planned in the temple located at the feet of the 38-meter-high Christ had to be suspended.
The mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Pais, and the governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Claudio castro, arrived this morning at the Cathedral to participate in the mass that will be concelebrated by Father Omar, rector of the Sanctuary of Christ.
The monument erected on the Corcovado hill celebrates its 90th birthday with a new face thanks to the repairs made in the last year by a group of 40 architects, engineers, technicians and mountaineers.
The architect Cristina Ventura, who headed the refection team, says that with “Christ happens as with us, at the age of 90 some things have to be readjusted.”
The 1,145-ton mass was chosen in 2007 as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World and was visited by 2.4 million people in 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic.
Every year the symbol of Rio de Janeiro is affected on average by six rays.
“In the restoration of the Christ we increased the size of the SPDA (Protection Service against Atmospheric Discharges), we did the restoration on the head, back, sides and arms”, explained mountaineer Marcos Sidnei.
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