The badge and gun of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is seen at the airport in El Paso, Texas, May 10, 2023, during an operation to transfer migrants to a plane to be expelled from the U.S. to their home country. In the Diocese of San Bernardino, Calif., Bishop Alberto Rojas on July 8 dispensed the faithful in his diocese from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass if they fear for their well-being amid ICE raids in Southern California. (OSV News photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters) Raid instead of church service: In California, worshippers with fear of deportation are allowed to stay away from mass. Bishop Alberto Rojas calls for a more humane immigration system. The bishop of the San Bernardino diocese in California has cancelled the Sunday obligation for people who are afraid of imminent deportation. The diocese published…
