


Don’t let Virginia go to pot
In November, in the midst of the pandemic, Gov. Northam called for legalization of marijuana. As someone who lived in Colorado when legalization passed by ballot initiative in 2012, I have seen the fallout: addiction, neglect of children and more auto accidents. The...
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Sharing the Journey with Refugees
People often wonder why the Catholic Church cares so much about refugees. There are several compelling answers. First, as people forced from their homelands by persecution, refugees (and migrants generally) are among the populations the Bible and Catholic social...What I saw inside Sussex I Prison
I was … in prison and you visited me. ~Matthew 25:35-36 Our Savior identifies with prisoners, and not just the innocent ones. Most of the men in Sussex I, home of Virginia’s death row, will never live on the outside again. In maroon jumpsuits and white Velcro...
Am I my planet’s keeper?
Cardinal Turkson insisted that if we treat creation responsibly, we can trust it to support the entire human family.