Overview
- Construction crews across Mexico marked the Day of the Holy Cross on Sunday with masses, blessings, and decorated wooden crosses raised on the highest point of worksites.
- In Morelia, workers and families filled plazas and churches to bless their crosses before returning to job sites for shared meals and music.
- The cross placed atop a build functions as a plea for protection, with crews asking that the project finish without accidents on risky sites.
- Coverage traced the custom to the 4th‑century story of Saint Helena and to pre‑Hispanic May rites, noting its consolidation as a construction‑guild tradition in the 20th century.
- Reports also underscored labor conditions, citing government data that about 90% of the 1.74 million construction workers were in informal jobs in early 2025.