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Watch: Rome Italy Temple Receives Statue of Christ and the Original Twelve Apostles

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Last week, an angel Moroni topped the Rome Italy Temple, a significant milestone in the temple's completion.

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Angel Moroni Statue Tops Rome Italy Temple

This week, the temple reached another benchmark as Mormon Newsroom released a video featuring the marble statue of the resurrected Christ, a replica of the original Christus statue, that now resides in the visitor's center.

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Along with the statue of Jesus Christ, statues of the Twelve Apostles were placed in the Rome Temple Visitors’ Center, replicas crafted from marble taken from the original Michelangelo cave in Carrera, Italy.

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Rome Italy Temple Receives Statue of Christ and the Original Twelve Apostles


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