Father Jacques Hamel, 84, had served at the parish church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray for decades. Twitter / @inesanmaWestern societies should do more to remember the victims of terrorism, the president of the Ayaan Hirsi Ali Foundation has argued in a piece commemorating a decade since the murder of Catholic priest, Father Jacques Hamel. He contrasted this with the Catholic Church, whose late Pope Francis declared Father Hamel to be a martyr and permitted the beatification process to begin. Father Hamel is currently recognised by the Catholic Church as a “Servant of God”, the first step on the path to sainthood. In a recent post on X, French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the martyred priest, saying, “We do not forget Father Jacques Hamel.