Last week Sister Carolin Tahhan Fachakh, a Salesian, spoke out against US President Donald Trump’s decision to bomb Syria. Only two weeks after being officially recognised by the US as a Woman of Courage, she declared Trump’s move “a step backwards for peace”.
An anti-war nun is hardly novel but what she said next is significant. Sister Carolin said that she doubted President Assad was responsible for the chemical attack which prompted America’s intervention. Reflecting on the man who most leaders in the West regard as a monster, she added plainly: “I like my president.”
