Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics

Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics

In Anti-Catholic Crusade, Trump's ICE Targets Holy Mass in Chicago

Worshippers fled in fear as immigration agents appeared outside St. Jerome’s — part of Trump’s new campaign against Catholic parishes nationwide.

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Christopher Hale
Oct 14, 2025
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Last Sunday in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, a routine Spanish-language Mass turned into a scene of quiet panic.

At St. Jerome Catholic Church, the priest paused the liturgy to deliver an unsettling alert: federal immigration agents were reportedly nearby, so parishioners should leave cautiously after Mass.

Video captured the moment as families — …

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