San Bernardino Roman Catholic Bishop Alberto Rojas issued a dispensation Tuesday evening, offering members of his diocese's roughly one million parishioners in danger of being deported the option to stay home Sundays.
San Bernardino Diocese, the sixth largest in the US, grants Catholics dispensation from mass obligation amid concerns over immigration enforcement actions.
A heat advisory is in effect through Wednesday for portions of SoCal. Highs in the forecast include 118 degrees in Palm Springs, 103 in Palmdale and 101 in San Bernardino.