migrant workers

In Florida farmland, Guadalupe feast celebrates, sustains 60-year-old mission to migrant workers

By Giovanna Dell'orto — December 13, 2023
NARANJA, Fla. (AP) — The feast draws millions of pilgrims to the main basilica in Mexico City and to churches big and small across the Americas around Dec. 12.

In Coachella Valley migrant community, the COVID-19 death of a beloved priest helps spur vaccinations

By Alejandra Molina — March 19, 2021
THERMAL, Calif. (RNS) — The passing of the Rev. Francisco Valdovinos has ignited a consciousness around public health and COVID-19 prevention.

Pope backs migrant farm workers as Italy mulls legalization

By Associated Press — May 6, 2020
(RNS) — While migrants are not testing positive in great numbers, their precarious, off-the-books work has dried up because of Italy's coronavirus lockdown.

A new Anglican church in Abu Dhabi will be a symbol of tolerance

By Claude Hammond — April 14, 2017
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (RNS) The UAE's policy of religious tolerance certainly stands in contrast to nearby countries, such as Saudi Arabia, where the construction of non-Muslim houses of worship is discouraged.

Tel Aviv Catholic church serves growing migrant community

By Indrani Basu — May 19, 2014
TEL AVIV, Israel (RNS) The church, under the aegis of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land, has been in this primarily migrant worker neighborhood for the past five years. It serves both migrant workers and asylum seekers.
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