This week on From the Vault we pay tribute to one of the great icons of the peace movement, Father Daniel Berrigan, who died on April 30th, 2015 at the age of 94. Ordained as a Catholic priest in 1952, Berrigan leveraged his position in the Church to become a leading figure in the anti-war movement during the late 1960's; as one of 'Catonsville Nine,' a group of Catholic activists who burned draft cards, Berrigan was found guilty of destruction of government property and ultimately sent to federal prison. In 1980, he founded the Plowshares Movement, an anti-nuclear protest group whose tactics included breaking into production facilities and physically damaging nuclear missile components. In his later years, Berrigan devoted himself to helping AIDS patients in New York City.
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