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 new statue of Christ being built in Brazil will be taller than the famous Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro. Christ the Protector in the southern city of Encantado will be 43m (140 ft ...

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.

Brazilian police officers said that the gunshots ... to make his way to visit the Christ the Redeemer statue. Credit: AP/Bruna Prado “We lived through a nightmare that we will not forget ...

The statue’s wide-open arms ... “We cannot accept that Christ the Redeemer, Brazil’s most recognizable international icon, remains in a state of neglect,” said Senator Carlos Portinho ...