Perched high atop Corcovado Mountain, the Cristo Redentor, as Brazilians call it, is a postcard not only for the city of Rio ...
Critics, however, see the move as a threat to Brazil’s secular state and ... leads a Catholic Mass at the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro on May 30. - Bruna Prado/AP The Church ...
(CNN) — Perched high atop Corcovado Mountain, Christ the Redeemer is more ... not only for the city of Rio de Janeiro but for the entire country. The statue’s wide-open arms, spanning 92 ...