On this date in 1967 Fr Philip Berrigan was one of a number of people who protested against the Vietnam war by pouring blood on US Selective Service cards.
He later left priesthood, married a former relgious sister and the couple had four children.
His brother, Jesuit priest Daniel, was also at the vanguard in objecting the to the US aggression in Vietnam.
Daniel died a Jesuit.
Two fine men, inspiring priests.
Daniel said of his brothe Phillip:
"From the beginning, he stood with the urban poor. He rejected the traditional, isolated stance of the church in black communities. He was also incurably secular; he saw the church as one resource, bringing to bear on the squalid facts of racism the light of the Gospel, the presence of inventive courage and hope."
Daniel said of his brothe Phillip:
"From the beginning, he stood with the urban poor. He rejected the traditional, isolated stance of the church in black communities. He was also incurably secular; he saw the church as one resource, bringing to bear on the squalid facts of racism the light of the Gospel, the presence of inventive courage and hope."
In 1966 US advisers told the White House that a war in Vietnam was unwinnable.
From the early stages of US engagement in Vietnam, field commanders reported back to the Pentagon that all was not going to plan but those reports seldom if ever reached the White House.
From the early stages of US engagement in Vietnam, field commanders reported back to the Pentagon that all was not going to plan but those reports seldom if ever reached the White House.
Over two million Vietnamese lost thir lives and approximately 58,000 US soldiers died in a war that from day one made no sense whatsoever.
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