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‘My trust was in God’: Priest recounts flight from Holy Land amid Iranian conflict

‘My trust was in God’: Priest recounts flight from Holy Land amid Iranian conflict

Friday, March 6, 2026

Father Anthony Wieck, SJ, was leading a group of pilgrims in Jerusalem when the U.S. and Israel began launching strikes against Iran.

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