People attend a Catholic Mass outside the church of San Cayetano on the day of the annual pilgrimage honoring the patron Saint of work in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
People pray before the statue of Saint Cajetan inside the Catholic church of San Cayetano during an annual pilgrimage in honor of the patron Saint of work in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Elda Rodriguez holds a holy card of Saint Cajetan during Mass outside the Catholic church of San Cayetano during an annual pilgrimage in honor of the patron Saint of work in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Argentine Archbishop Jorge Garcia Cuerva blesses union workers with holy water during the annual pilgrimage honoring Saint Cajetan, the patron Saint of work, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
People pray inside the Saint Cajetan church during the annual pilgrimage to the Catholic patron Saint of work in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A drawing of Saint Cajetan decorates the sidewalk where people line up to enter the Catholic church of San Cayetano on the day of the patron Saint of work’s annual pilgrimage in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Union workers carrying cooking pots prepare to march during the annual pilgrimage honoring Saint Cajetan, the patron Saint of work, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Catholic Priest Adrian Ortigoza sips on mate inside the confessional at the church of Saint Cajetan during the annual pilgrimage in honor of the Saint of work in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Mabel Carroza, carrying her dog Panchito, arrives to the church of Saint Cayetano on the day of the annual pilgrimage honoring the Catholic patron Saint of work in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. Carroza said she came to ask for work. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A vender balances bread on his head past a line of people waiting to enter the Catholic church of San Cayetano for the annual pilgrimage in honor of the patron Saint of work in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Heartfelt prayers: photos of Argentines turning to the Catholic saint of work in search of jobs
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Pilgrims gathered Thursday at the church of San Cayetano in Buenos Aires to pray to the patron Saint of work: Saint Cajetan. Ariel Robledo drew his image with chalk on the sidewalk outside the Catholic church while others received confession and blessings from priests and union workers protested food insecurity.
People attend a Catholic Mass outside the church of San Cayetano on the day of the annual pilgrimage honoring the patron Saint of work in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Pilgrims gathered Thursday at the church of San Cayetano in Buenos Aires to pray to the patron Saint of work: Saint Cajetan. Ariel Robledo drew his image with chalk on the sidewalk outside the Catholic church while others received confession and blessings from priests and union workers protested food insecurity.
While austerity measures to below 2% in June — down from over 25% when President Javier Milei took office — they have worsened economic hardship for many, with rising unemployment, declining inflation-adjusted wages and prices still up 40% year-on-year.
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