Plan to build Christ statue ‘bigger than Rio’s’ prompts outcry in Spanish town

Artist rendering of what the statue would look like, in the town of Boadilla del Monte just outside of Madrid - (Asociación de Devotos del Corazón de Jesús de Boadilla)

A Christian organisation in Spain has vowed to build the world’s largest statue of Christ, surpassing the height of Christ the Redeemer in Brazil.

A religious group from the town of Boadilla del Monte, a municipality just outside Madrid, said they are raising funds to build the largest ‘Sacred Heart’ Christ statue, at 37m high and 60m wide.