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 ...
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 ...
Brazil, December 2, 2021. - Pilar Olivares/Reuters But Dutra dismisses these concerns, asserting that the church shares an interest in conservation. “We’ve maintained the statue and its ...