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San Bernardino Diocese Grants Sunday Mass Dispensation to Those Fearing Deportation, by Madalaine Elhabbal – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Bishop Alberto Rojas of the diocese of San Bernardino, California (Image: Twitter); right: Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral in San Bernardino, Calif. (Farragutful via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0).

By Madalaine Elhabbal, Catholic World Report, (CNA), July 10, 2025

Madalaine ElhabbalWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 10, 2025 / 17:55 pm (CNA) – 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.

The bishop said all of the faithful within the diocese who possess “genuine fear” of arrest while attending Mass are dispensed from the obligation until further notice, and are “encouraged to maintain their spiritual communion with Christ and His Church through acts of personal prayer.”

In a July 8 statement, Rojas said the decision to grant the dispensation came after he recognized that “fear of immigration enforcement raids by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may deter some members of our diocese from fulfilling the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation.” …

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