- Cardinal Timothy Dolan is in Bethlehem as part of weeklong Israel, Palestine visit
- Had to seek shelter during Iran’s drone and missile strike on Israel on Saturday
- Iran launched unprecedented attack that was mostly deflected by Iron Shield
American cardinal Timothy Dolan had to run for cover as Iran launched its drone assault on Israel during his visit to Bethlehem.
The Archbishop of New York is spending a week in Israel, in part to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association.
He began in Jerusalem on Friday and by Saturday night was in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, when Iran’s drone armada arrived.
‘This Sunday in Bethlehem all does seem calm and bright. And it is for us. We feel safe and secure,’ he told his followers in a video on Sunday morning.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan described how he had to run for cover as Iran launched its drone assault on Israel during his visit to Bethlehem
‘That wasn’t true in the middle of last night when the air raid sirens went off, and we had to go down and seek security at Notre Dame Center.
‘But right now things look good, and we’re grateful for that.’
Iran launched 170 kamikaze drones and at least 120 rockets and 30 ballistic missiles at Israel, almost all of which the Iron Shield intercepted.
The Islamic dictatorship attacked in retaliation for Israel killing Iran’s top soldier in Syria in a strike on the embassy in Damascus.
Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi was assassinated along with other Revolutionary Guard commanders on April 1.
Cardinal Dolan linked Israel’s long history of defending against attacks form its neighbors to his visit to the Creche, where nuns look after abandoned babies.
Cardinal Dolan linked Israel’s long history of defending against attacks form its neighbors to his visit to the Creche, where nuns look after abandoned babies
‘They said to me, every time they get a new baby on our doorstep… who has no one to care for him or her, we feel it’s Christmas all over again,’ he said.
‘As another one of God’s children is born we have the honor to love them so tenderly and care for them.
‘Those are messages of inspiration that you get here in the Holy Land that I think have given the people the resilience and hope for which they are famous.’
Cardinal Dolan began his trip in Jerusalem with a Shabbat dinner with Jewish leaders, and will stay in Israel and Palestine until Thursday.
He will meet other Christian, Jewish, and Muslim leaders and visit Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups.
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