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Sandro Magister goes after Cardinal Martino In effect, the premise of the “Corriere” is correct: Martino is a genuine loose cannon in the curia. On repeated occasions, his statements to the press have created serious difficulties for the Vatican authorities. On the eve of the war in Iraq, for example, his pacifist and anti-American quips…