California bishop excuses faithful from mass over fear of ICE raids

In an exceedingly rare move not seen since the COVID pandemic, the bishop of one and a half million Catholics in Southern California is now formally excusing parishioners from their weekly mass obligation. The reason serious concern that immigrant parishioners could be detained by ICE agents after detentions happened at two of their parishes. In his announcement, San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Roas, the leader of the nation's fifth largest Catholic dascese, said, quote, "There is a real fear gripping many in ...