(The Hill) — 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 Enforcement (ICE) raids throughout the state of California.
“All members of the faithful in the Diocese of San Bernardino 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 obligation, as provided for in Canon 1247, until such time as this decree is revoked or amended,” Bishop Alberto Rojas of San Bernardino wrote on the social platform X.
The bishop’s office said the decree will remain in effect until further notice or until the “circumstances necessitating this decree are sufficiently resolved.”…