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June 2, 2009

Catholic Priest & Writer Thomas Berry, 1914-2009
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And the Catholic priest, historian and writer Thomas Berry has died at
the age of ninety-four. The self-described “geologian” founded the
Riverdale Center for Religious Research. In 2005, Berry told a reporter,
“If the earth does grow inhospitable toward human presence, it is
primarily because we have lost our sense of courtesy toward the earth
and its inhabitants.”