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Reflection: The mystery of Fr Jacques Hamel's final words

Cardinal Vincent Nichols | Wed 14 Sep 2016 15:52 BST

We are told that Fr Hamel died with these words on his lips: 'Go away Satan.' It is not clear what he meant. Journalists said it was directed at those who came at his throat with their knives. Or did those words point to a deeper struggle?

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