Bishop Alberto Rojas, who leads more than 1.5 million Catholics in Southern California, has formally excused parishioners ...

San Bernardino Diocese, the sixth largest in the US, grants Catholics dispensation from mass obligation amid concerns over ...

In dispensing parishioners from the Mass obligation, San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas cited concerns about “potential ...

The Catholic bishop of San Bernardino County, California, told congregants Tuesday they’re released from the obligation to ...

A Bishop in Southern California allowed those who are afraid of “immigration enforcement actions” to be “dispensed” from the ...

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

Bishop Alberto Rojas of the Diocese of San Bernardino lifted the obligation to attend Mass for anyone who had a “genuine fear ...

Members of the Diocese of San Bernardino were relieved of the obligation to attend Mass and encouraged to take up personal prayer on Tuesday in light of the increase in Immigration and Customs ...

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

Here's what Bishop Alberto Rojas' decree says, and how other religious leaders in California have addressed the immigrant ...

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