“Many Western prelates are tetanized by the idea of opposing the world. They dream of being loved by the world; they've lost the desire to be a sign of contradiction,” said the 78-year-old Sarah.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, said he and those he traveled with “feel safe and secure” in Bethlehem April 14, after they were forced to take shelter the night before when Iran attacked Israel.
"Such a sentence ... could also give rise to grave violations of the fundamental right of religious freedom and of the right of free association of Catholic faithful," the Vatican said.