Daniel Berrigan | |
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![]() Berrigan in 2008 | |
Born | Daniel Joseph Berrigan May 9, 1921 |
Died | April 30, 2016 New York City, New York, US | (aged 94)
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Relatives | Philip Berrigan (brother) |
Website | danielberrigan |
Daniel Joseph Berrigan SJ (May 9, 1921 – April 30, 2016) was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, Christian pacifist, playwright, poet, and author.
Berrigan's protests against the Vietnam War earned him both scorn and admiration, especially regarding his association with the Catonsville Nine.[1][2] He was arrested multiple times and sentenced to prison for destruction of government property,[3] and was listed on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's "most wanted list" after flight to avoid imprisonment (the first-ever priest on the list).[4]
For the rest of his life, Berrigan remained one of the United States' leading anti-war activists.[5] In 1980, he co-founded the Plowshares movement, an anti-nuclear protest group, that put him back into the national spotlight.[6] Berrigan was an award-winning and prolific author of some 50 books, a teacher, and a university educator.[3]
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