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From Where I Stand by Joan Chittister

FROM WHERE I STAND       NCRonline       March 31, 2022

NCR article by Joan Chittister

From Where I Stand        NCR              3/10/2022

 

Pope Francis greets Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico

From Where I Stand     NCR    01/27/2022

It's all very ironic.

A child plays with a balloon Nov. 13, 2016, in Douma, Syria. In previous years, sanctions by the United States denied industrial parts to Syria and crippled its airline industry. (CNS/Reuters/Bassam Khabieh)

From Where I Stand       NCR       1/6/2022

The spiritual scorecards of the last month are, at best, distressing.

NCR Column on Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit

From Where I Stand       NCR     November 11, 2021

The choice between happiness and reward: Blessed are the poor in spirit by Joan Chittister

From Where I Stand       NCR     October 21, 2021

Blessed are the meek — saving the tradition

From Where I Stand     NCR      September 30, 2021

The Beatitudes revisited: a template of the good life

From Where I Stand    NCR    September 9, 2021

I once heard a story that used to make me laugh.

Masks, vaccines, and rights in the land of freedom and liberty

From Where I Stand  NCR  July 29, 2021

Benedictine options: an escape or an experience of essence

Great cultural change — the kind that upends our social givens — always spawns division.

A discarded plastic bottle floats in the Anacostia River in April 2020, near Bladensburg, Maryland.

From Where I Stand  June 10, 2021   NCR

Journalism in the United States is more a drumbeat than a narration.

U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney receives a safety brief before departing on a 37th Helicopter Squadron UH-1N Huey Feb. 10, 2017, at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming.

From Where I Stand  May 20, 2021  NCR

People attend Mass at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney.

From Where I Stand  April 29, 2021 NCR

Over the years, we have begun to discover some differences between Jesus and the church: Jesus has credibility.