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NEW YORK (AP) — The anti-war spirit of the 1960s crowded into a church in Manhattan for the funeral of the social activist priest Daniel Berrigan.
A fellow priest mentioned both the FBI and the passage from Isiah about beating swords into plowshares in remembering him.
A standing room only crowd heard Berrigan's nieces and nephews describe him as a passionate and exotic uncle who loved art and knew his way around a joke. "He had a way of making each experience a gift from heaven," one said.
Mourners applauded loudly when a passage from one of his speeches was read.
Daniel Berrigan was famously arrested for burning draft records in Catosnville, Maryland in 1968. He died Saturday at 94.
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230-w-34-(Warren Levinson, AP correspondent, with Brendan Doyle, mourner)--Antiwar priest Daniel Berrigan was remembered at a funeral in New York. AP correspondent Warren Levinson reports. ((opens with music)) (6 May 2016)
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231-a-17-(Julia Loughlin, mourner at funeral of anti-war priest Daniel Berrigan, in AP interview)-"it was brotherly"-Mourner and former Berrigan student Julia Loughlin says Daniel Berrigan's funeral struck all the right notes. (6 May 2016)
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232-a-17-(John Young, mourner at funeral of anti-war priest Daniel Berrigan, in AP interview)-"a remarkable life"-Mourner John Young says the funeral of Daniel Berrigan was inspiring. (6 May 2016)
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APPHOTO NYMA108: A red rose is placed on the casket carrying the remains of Father Daniel Berrigan after his funeral service at the Church of St. Francis Xavier, Friday, May 6, 2016, in New York. Berrigan, a Roman Catholic priest and Vietnam war protester, died on April 30. He was 94. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (6 May 2016)
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APPHOTO NYMA107: Mourners hug as the casket carrying the remains of Father Daniel Berrigan is placed in a hearse after his funeral service at the Church of St. Francis Xavier, Friday, May 6, 2016, in New York. Berrigan, the Roman Catholic priest and Vietnam war protester died on April 30. He was 94. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (6 May 2016)
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