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A crisis of faith: ICE raids force some churches to take 'extraordinary' action

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, JUL 12 – Bishop Rojas excused about 1.2 million Catholics from Sunday Mass to avoid deportation fears amid nearly 2,800 ICE arrests in Los Angeles since early June.

As word spread among Catholics that immigration agents were visiting places of worship to carry out deportations, the pews inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in downtown Los Angeles became less and less crowded.

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Los Angeles Times broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Friday, July 11, 2025.
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