The Catholic Diocese of Sacramento announced Wednesday that it is standing in solidarity with the San Bernardino diocese, whose bishop said in a letter to parishioners that they can skip Sunday Mass over fears that U.

Bishop Alberto Rojas of the Diocese of San Bernardino, California, has granted a dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass for those within the diocese who fear deportation.

All members of the faithful who, due to genuine fear of immigration enforcement actions, are unable to attend Sunday Mass or Masses on holy days of obligation are dispensed from this