Perched high atop Corcovado Mountain, Christ the Redeemer is more than a religious symbol or tourist attraction — it’s an enduring icon of Brazilian ... The statue’s wide-open arms, spanning ...

Rio will be hosting the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016 and officials are expecting a surge in visitors to the Christ Redeemer statue. The Rio archdioceses and the Brazilian Ministry of ...

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.

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.

Instead of a manger in Bethlehem, Jesus will arrive this Christmas in a badly burned clearing in the Amazon rainforest as a black baby born to a black virgin with indigenous cherubs looking on.

TASS/. Brazilian citizen Eduardo Fauzi, arrested in Russia and accused in his homeland of attacking a movie company in Rio de Janeiro last December after it made a film depicting Jesus as gay ...