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Published: 29 October 2007
The 1996 assassination of Bishop Pierre Claverie of Algeria as part of
the carnage created by the Islamic Salvation Front, a template for
radical Islamic movements elsewhere. In that context, Claverie - whose
cause for sainthood opened recently - could seem a patron saint for
Catholic hawks in the "clash of civilisations". But the reality is more
complex.
- John L. Allen