Can a tiny church survive the wall?

Volunteers gather at El Corazon Sagrado de la Iglesia de Jesus to make repairs to the adobe church and mission in the border hamlet of Ruidosa, Texas. The Friends of the Ruidosa Church group has worked to restore the adobe mission for the last 20 years. Members of the group worry that border wall construction could damage the site. — Paul Ratje/The New York Times

OUT in far west Texas, a heavy bronze bell once tolled, calling congregants from both sides of the US-Mexico border to worship at a small adobe church.

The bell and the Catholic church in Ruidosa are hallmarks of an era when Mexican and American border communities lived as one.