7. Wide tilt down of Christ the Redeemer to Catholic priest, Father Omar Ramos, and faithful praying at foot of statue 8. Mid tilt down from worker on Christ the Redeemer’s shoulder to tourists at the ...

The Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro was dedicated on Oct. 12, 1931, the feast of Our Lady Aparecida, patroness of Brazil. Shot of statue in Brazil being struck by lightning. (photo: ...

Not everyone can look outside their window and have a direct view of a wonder of the world. But that’s the reality for Rio de Janeiro resident Fernando Braga. The Brazilian lives with his wife and ...

The iconic 100 foot tall Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil was damaged by lightning during a storm. Several fingers were blasted off the right hand and early estimates are that it ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s famed Christ statue is being repaired after two fingers and its head were chipped during recent lightning storms. Workers began examining the 125-foot (38-meter) ...

Think of Rio de Janeiro and the first image that comes to mind – no matter your own belief system – is probably a religious one. Perched on the Corcovado – a 2,300-foot-high granite outcrop looming ...

MONROE, Ohio (AP) – A southern Ohio church has drawn a standing-room crowd for the dedication of a towering roadside Jesus statue that replaced one destroyed two ...