California bishop allows parishioners to skip Mass amid ICE raids

Bishop of major Catholic diocese exempts parishioners from Mass over ...

Column: Skipping Sunday Mass for fear of arrest

When I was raised in Idaho, my father “forced” our family to attend many church services at various churches. We went to a Methodist Church, a Lutheran Church, an Episcopal Church and others. It wasn’t until after my mom died and my father remarried that he became a practicing Catholic. He even asked me to go to church with a few times. I did once but declined other invitations. And, although my wife and I were married by the Mendocino Presbyter…

Catholic dioceses excuse immigrants from mass attendance over deportation fears

Two Catholic dioceses in the United States have excused illegal immigrants from attending Sunday mass over fears of immigration raids amid President Donald Trump's push for mass deportations.  #deportation #CatholicChurch #Nashville #California

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

LOS ANGELES — 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. Read more...

Should Illegal Aliens Be Dispensed From Sunday Mass Obligations?

In the early half of the 20th century, beginning in 1917, Mexico’s government began persecuting Catholics. A new constitution outlawed Catholic teaching, banned religious orders, and claimed all Church property for the government. Violent persecution within less than a decade. The priest Luis Bátiz Sainz was arrested for teaching catechism and celebrating Mass and was executed by firing squad. Miguel de la Mora, another priest, was executed whil…

Second Catholic Diocese Allows Illegal Immigrants to Skip Mass

The bishop of the sixth largest Catholic diocese in the U.S. announced Tuesday that he was issuing a dispensation for illegal immigrants from the weekly obligation of attending Sunday Mass over fears of recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, marking the second time a diocese has issued such a dispensation over the last three months. Bishop Alberto Rojas, the head of the Diocese of San Bernardino east of Los Angeles that serv…