AndronETalksNews
AndronETalksNews
AP News
BY MAURICIO SAVARESE
Updated 11:53 AM EST, December 30, 2023
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Christ the Redeemer was lit up in a Pele shirt among Brazilian tributes to the soccer great on the first anniversary of his death on Friday.
Pele died of colon cancer at age 82.
Christ the Redeemer had a projection of a Brazil shirt with Pelé’s name and number 10 and a message from Pope Francis. Pelé was a devout Catholic.
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