Happy Birthday to Sr Helen Prejean. She didn’t start out as a courageous champion in the struggle against the death penalty. She just tried to listen where Jesus was calling her, taking one step, then another.
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If one day the US aligns with the vast majority of countries, and heeds the teaching of Pope Francis that state-sponsored executions are immoral, it may owe much to this Cajun Sister of St Joseph, and her compassion, courage, a sense of humor. Happy 80th 🎂❣️🎈💐
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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