Trump's Immigration Crackdown Prompts California Bishop To Excuse Catholics From Sunday Mass

A Southern California bishop issued a uncommon decree connected Tuesday excusing churchgoers from attending Sunday mass amid fears of migration raids and detentions crossed nan country. 

The exception by nan diocese of San Bernardino, California, is successful consequence to nan Trump administration's wide deportation operations. 

On Tuesday, San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas announced his decree.

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Alberto Rojas, Bishop of nan Diocese of San Bernardino Ordaining Prelate and Principal Celebrant, performs nan Laying On of Hands onto transitional deacon Julian Plascencia during nan deacons' Ordination to nan Priesthood wide astatine St. Paul nan Apostle Catholic Church successful Chino Hills. (Getty Images)

"All members aliases nan Faithful successful nan Diocese of Jan Bernardino who, owed to genuine fearfulness of migration enforcement actions, are incapable to be Sunday Mass aliases Masses connected beatified days of responsibility are dispensed from this obligation," he wrote. 

Meanwhile, Rojas encouraged parishioners to prosecute successful replacement belief practices.

Normally, Catholic bishops person issued specified decrees during times of earthy disasters, warfare and different utmost events.

"In issuing this decree, I americium guided by nan Church’s ngo to attraction for nan belief use of each entrusted to my care, peculiarly those who look fearfulness aliases hardship," Rojas wrote.

The Diocese of San Bernardino is nan sixth largest successful nan United States, and serves astir 1 cardinal Catholics successful San Bernardino and Riverside counties.

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Tuesday's announcement came aft migration authorities conducted an cognition astatine a Los Angeles parkland a time earlier. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass appeared astatine nan segment demanding an extremity to nan raid. 

"They request to leave, and they request to time off correct now," she said astatine MacArthur Park. "They request to time off because this is unacceptable!"

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has heavy criticized President Donald Trump complete his forbidden migration crackdown, said nan decree was successful consequence to nan administration's fierce migration enforcement tactics, including migration raids connected courthouses and nationalist spaces.  

"Freedom of religion? Not successful Donald Trump’s America," Newsom wrote connected X. "People now person to take betwixt their religion and their freedom."

In consequence to his remark, a White House spokesperson noted that Newsom closed churches during nan COVID-19 pandemic, leaving galore churchgoers without a spot to worship. 

"This is rich | coming from Gavin Newsom who shuttered churches during nan COVID-19 pandemic but reopened nan movie industry, marijuana dispensaries, and different secular gathering places," nan spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "Religious Americans were locked retired of their places of believe because of him. Newscum doesn’t attraction astir belief liberty, he cares astir flip-flopping astir to effort and utilization everything he tin for perceived governmental gain." 

Catholic leader and writer James Martin praised nan move by nan diocese.

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"It is simply a melodramatic motion that not moreover Catholic churches are considered safe places immoderate longer. Where are nan voices for belief state now?" he wrote connected X.  

In May, nan Diocese of Nashville issued a akin decree successful consequence to migration enforcement activities.

"Our churches stay unfastened to invited and service our parish communities, but nary Catholic is obligated to be Mass connected Sunday if doing truthful puts their information astatine risk," nan decree said astatine nan time.