Critics, however, see the move as a threat to Brazil’s secular state and its environmental commitments. Built in 1922 by the Catholic Church, the Christ the Redeemer statue is inside the Tijuca ...

A Polish billionaire and his wife have just announced plans to build a statue of the Virgin Mary in his home country.

The concert in Brazil marked the end of the singing ... Rio's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue has a makeover in celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day. About ten million people face water ...

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Christ the Redeemer, the iconic statue with its arms extended overlooking Rio de Janeiro in Brazil was struck by lightning damaging the statue's right hand thumb, making it lose one finger ...

Recognized as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, this statue of Jesus Christ stands with arms ... as a religious and cultural symbol of the Brazilian people's warm and welcoming culture.

The new statue is also higher than Brazil's Christ the Protector statue (43.4 m) and Romania's Heart of Jesus Statue (22.5 m). Moses went on to say that there was a deep philosophy behind the ...