Following the shocking assault suffered by our compatriot nun in Jerusalem, I expressed to her my deep emotion, my support, and my wishes for her prompt recovery.
The perpetrator of this heinous act has been arrested.
The punishment must be exemplary so that the anti-Christian acts multiplying in the Holy Land may cease—acts that France, committed to its historic mission of protecting Catholic communities and holy sites, cannot in any way tolerate.
: Jean-Noël Barrot
Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France