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 ...

The Diocese of San Bernardino issued a decree dispensing its more than 1 million parishioners from obligatory attendance ...

The bishop of the sixth largest Catholic diocese in the U.S. said he was issuing a dispensation for illegal immigrants from the weekly obligation of attending Sunday Mass over fears of recent U.S.

LOS ANGELES — San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas, who leads more than 1.5 million Catholics in Southern California, has ...