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

At least two Catholic dioceses have told migrants fearful of being arrested in immigration raids outside church that they do not have to attend Sunday Mass. San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas, who leads more than 1.

A Bishop in Southern California allowed those who are afraid of “immigration enforcement actions” to be “dispensed” from the obligation of attending Mass, according to a decree issued by Alberto Rojas in California, the Bishop of San Bernardino.