Bishop Alberto Rojas of the Diocese of San Bernardino gives the homily at a memorial Mass for Pope Francis at Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Friday, April 25, 2025, in San Bernardino, Calif. (Terry ...

LOS ANGELES — San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas, who leads more than 1.5 million Catholics in Southern California, has formally excused parishioners from their weekly obligation to attend Mass ...

The Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Bernardino, California, wrote a letter to churchgoers in his region dispensing them of the obligation to attend Sunday mass due to fear of potential immigration ...

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.” By Claire Moses and Orlando Mayorquín ...

A Catholic bishop who oversees a major diocese in Southern California has issued a rare decree, formally allowing parishioners to miss weekly Mass amid fears of immigration raids across the region.

A California bishop lifted the Sunday Mass obligation in his diocese, citing some parishioners’ fears of potential immigration enforcement actions as the Trump administration’s mass deportation ...

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 ...

Bishop Alberto Rojas of the Diocese of San Bernardino wrote that "such fear constitutes a grave inconvenience that may impede the spiritual good of the faithful." Catholic bishops have occasionally ...

Speaking after his Red Mass homily at St. Paul Cathedral, Bishop Robert Barron said Charlie Kirk’s killing has shaken the nation because “each human being is a subject of infinite dignity.” (Courtesy ...