PHILADELPHIA — The message from Catholic Church leaders has been clear: When it comes to marijuana, no means no.
That stance was renewed in the last decade as many states have legalized medical and recreational cannabis. Pennsylvania legalized medical marijuana in 2016.
So when theology professor R. Jared Staudt came across a cannabis certificate program offered at St. Joseph's University, a Jesuit Catholic university, he smelled a heady conflict of religious values.
