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California bishop offers dispensation from Sunday obligation for fear of immigration raids

July 10, 2025

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CWN Editor's Note: Bishop Alberto Rojas of San Bernardino, California, has issued a dispensation for those “who, due to genuine fear of immigration enforcement actions, are unable to attend Sunday Mass or Masses on holy days of obligation.”

Bishop Rojas has been critical of the Trump administration’s decision to include churches and church properties among the locations that could be subject to immigration-enforcement actions.

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