Two recent speeches by senior Vatican officials whose responsibilities involve wrestling with world politics suggest that some default positions need a re-set in the Holy See.
In both speeches, reference was made to the late Samuel Huntingtonâ??s book, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, the point being to deplore what the officials imagined as Huntingtonâ??s eager anticipation of inter-civilizational conflict. Thatâ??s attacking a straw man in a very unfortunate way.
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