San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas said parishioners who have a "genuine fear" over immigration raids were dispensed from their Mass obligations.

At least two Catholic dioceses in the United States have said that if Catholic immigrants fear attending Mass because of ...

"There is a real fear gripping many in our parish communities that if they venture out into any kind of public setting they will be arrested by immigration officers," San Bernardino Bishop Alberto ...

Along with a Mass dispensation in San Bernardino, bishops in Southern California have begun to speak out about aggressive mass deportations that have terrified many immigrants, including many in the ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom pointed to the decree to highlight the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement ...

The bishop says the decision was made ‘in light of the pastoral needs of our diocese’ and concerns of ‘many’ congregants.

San Bernardino Roman Catholic Bishop Alberto Rojas issued a dispensation Tuesday evening, offering members of his diocese’s ...

This decree allows those genuinely fearing immigration actions to fulfill their spiritual duties through alternative means ...

San Bernardino Bishop Albert Rojas wrote a letter dispensing his diocese from the obligation of attending Sunday mass due to fear of immigration operations.