"The Rev. Daniel J. Berrigan, a Jesuit priest and poet whose defiant protests helped shape the tactics of opposition to the Vietnam War and landed him in prison, died on Saturday in the Bronx....at Murray-Weigel Hall, the Jesuit infirmary at Fordham University" (http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/nyregion/daniel-j-berrigan-defiant-priest-who-preached-pacifism-dies-at-94.html?referer)
"[Father Daniel] Berrigan, who clashed with various American administrations, was fond of quoting a line from his brother, Philip, that 'if enough Christians follow the Gospel, they can bring any state to its knees.'
"Berrigan rose to fame during the Vietnam War, when he along with his brother Philip Berrigan, a Josephite priest, and seven others manufactured homemade napalm and used it to destroy 378 draft files in the parking lot of the Catonsville, Maryland draft board on May 17, 1968....
"At various points, Berrigan opposed U.S. military involvement in Central America, the two U.S.-led Gulf Wars, and the war in Kosovo.
"Despite his image as a radical leftist, Berrigan was also an outspoken opponent of abortion. During a 1984 talk at a Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Berrigan denounced what he called a 'theory of allowable murder' in contemporary society....
"Berrigan had a brief cameo role in the 1986 Roland Joffé movie 'The Mission,' starring Jeremy Irons and Robert De Niro, about Jesuit missionary efforts in South America and their opposition to the slave trade. He served as a consultant on the film.
"Singer Paul Simon's 1972 ballad 'Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard' is believed to refer to Berrigan in a line about 'the radical priest'....
"'I know that the prophetic vision is not popular today in some spiritual circles,' Berrigan said in a 2012 interview.
"'But our task is not to be popular or to be seen as having an impact, but to speak the deepest truths that we know. We need to live our lives in accord with the deepest truths we know, even if doing so does not produce immediate results in the world'" (http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2016/05/01/daniel-berrigan-leading-catholic-pacifist-dead-at-94/).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6VrKro8djw
"[Father Daniel] Berrigan, who clashed with various American administrations, was fond of quoting a line from his brother, Philip, that 'if enough Christians follow the Gospel, they can bring any state to its knees.'
"Berrigan rose to fame during the Vietnam War, when he along with his brother Philip Berrigan, a Josephite priest, and seven others manufactured homemade napalm and used it to destroy 378 draft files in the parking lot of the Catonsville, Maryland draft board on May 17, 1968....
"At various points, Berrigan opposed U.S. military involvement in Central America, the two U.S.-led Gulf Wars, and the war in Kosovo.
"Despite his image as a radical leftist, Berrigan was also an outspoken opponent of abortion. During a 1984 talk at a Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Berrigan denounced what he called a 'theory of allowable murder' in contemporary society....
"Berrigan had a brief cameo role in the 1986 Roland Joffé movie 'The Mission,' starring Jeremy Irons and Robert De Niro, about Jesuit missionary efforts in South America and their opposition to the slave trade. He served as a consultant on the film.
"Singer Paul Simon's 1972 ballad 'Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard' is believed to refer to Berrigan in a line about 'the radical priest'....
"'I know that the prophetic vision is not popular today in some spiritual circles,' Berrigan said in a 2012 interview.
"'But our task is not to be popular or to be seen as having an impact, but to speak the deepest truths that we know. We need to live our lives in accord with the deepest truths we know, even if doing so does not produce immediate results in the world'" (http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2016/05/01/daniel-berrigan-leading-catholic-pacifist-dead-at-94/).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6VrKro8djw
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