In the News ... "Mount Cristo Rey once a figure of peace now a symbol of struggle"

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• Wall could divide sacred ground and lives on both sides of border

Special Report
• El Paso Times

EL PASO, TEXAS -Dust flies into the air as Osiris Ortiz and her father, Ruben Aguilar, tread a worn path of dirt switchbacks ...

... The hike up Mount Cristo Rey is not difficult for this pair of athletes, who can finish it in less than two hours. Yet it has drawn them back for seven years ...

... On this stretch of border, the religious monument built as a peace symbol has come to reflect a struggle. On one hand, the compassion and acceptance taught by the Catholic Church. On the other, the promise of a solid wall just 300 yards away, both figurative and literal in its divisiveness ...

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