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Of the ten canonized saints recently raised up by Pope Francis, the figure of Titus Brandsma, the martyred Carmelite priest from Holland who died at Dachau in 1942, stands out as perhaps the most compelling example for Catholics concerned about the threat of state-sponsored terror and tyranny. For me, certainly, he has been a source of inspiration from the moment I first heard his name back in 1985 when, as a student in…