statue
May 19 2009, Jeremy Taylor

Filed under: News, Weird In effort to make him more “dynamic and welcoming,” a church in England has revealed a 7-foot high statue of Jesus that has the barefoot son of God sporting a neatly trimmed beard while wearing jeans and a leisurely button-down sh

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Workers put into position the equestrian statue of King Louis XIV after its two years restoration, in front of the Versailles castle, outside Paris, Monday, April 27, 2009.