Draft - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 01 May 2016 21:37:35 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Draft - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Peace activist Daniel Berrigan dies aged 94 https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/05/03/peace-activist-daniel-berrigan-dies-aged-94/ Mon, 02 May 2016 17:09:46 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=82338 Jesuit peace activist Daniel Berrigan, who was imprisoned after burning draft files in an anti-war protest in the 1960s, has died aged 94. Fr Berrigan died peacefully on April 30 at Murray-Weigel Hall in New York City, after a long illness. Fr Berrigan and his younger brother, Fr Philip Berrigan, emerged as leaders of the Read more

Peace activist Daniel Berrigan dies aged 94... Read more]]> Jesuit peace activist Daniel Berrigan, who was imprisoned after burning draft files in an anti-war protest in the 1960s, has died aged 94.

Fr Berrigan died peacefully on April 30 at Murray-Weigel Hall in New York City, after a long illness.

Fr Berrigan and his younger brother, Fr Philip Berrigan, emerged as leaders of the radical anti-war movement in the 1960s, becoming household names.

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