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Sister Joan Chittister Extended Interview

Watch an interview with this popular and controversial Benedictine nun.

Aired 08/29/2013 | Rating NR

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Sister Joan Chittister Extended Interview

Clip: 8/29/2013 | 15m 58s

Watch an interview with this popular and controversial Benedictine nun.

Watch additional excerpts from our interview with author and Benedictine nun Joan Chittister. “Our purpose is to present the most humane, spiritual, moral, communal model of life for a world in chaos around us—to be an island of care and cohesion in the midst of all the movement,” she says.

Aired 08/29/2013 | Rating NR

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