San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas lifted the obligation for members of the diocese to celebrate Mass if they had a “genuine fear of immigration enforcement actions.”

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 following immigration

In dispensing parishioners from the Mass obligation, San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas cited concerns about “potential immigration enforcement actions.”