In US state of Michigan, settlement lets faith agencies deny LGBT adoptions
Lansing, MichiganAP Faith-based adoption agencies that contract with the US state of Michigan can refuse to place children with same-sex couples under a proposed settlement filed in federal court Tuesday, months after the US Supreme Court ruled for a Catholic charity in a similar case. The state Department of Health and Human Services said the high […]
Ireland to give adopted people their records to end “historic wrong”
Dublin, IrelandReuters Ireland will allow adopted people automatic access to their birth records for the first time under new laws the government hopes will end a “historic wrong”, including for thousands sent for adoption in secret by Catholic institutions. International laws say all children should be able to establish their identity but tens of thousands […]
Vatican novelty to start New Year as Pope urges adoption
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis called Wednesday for simplified adoption procedures and urged couples to have more children as he presided over his first general audience of the New Year with a novel supporting cast that emphasised his call for a less-clericalised Catholic Church. For the first time, a layman and a nun provided the English […]
Talking about race: For transracial adoptive families, it’s an act of love, not ‘woke’ test
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports on why Bethany Christian Services, one of the largest evangelical adaption agencies in the US, is pushing back against a “colourblind” approach to interracial adoption…
Bethany Christian Services in the US to allow LGBTQ couples to adopt, foster children
RNS Bethany Christian Services, the country’s largest Protestant adoption and foster care agency, will begin serving LGBTQ couples, a significant change for the evangelical outfit and a sign of the growing cultural shift. Bethany, which is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with offices in 32 states, announced the change in an email to employees on […]
In the US, new rule would allow foster care, adoption agencies to exclude on religious grounds
RNS The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would allow adoption, foster care agencies, and other social service providers receiving taxpayer funding from the Department of Health and Human Services to refuse to serve people based on religion, sexual orientation and gender identity. The rule essentially guts a 2016 provision enacted in the […]
ON THE SCREEN: THE POWER OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE SHINES IN ‘INSTANT FAMILY’
MARCUS CHEONG reviews ‘Instant Family’…
CHILDREN: HOW HOUSES OF WORSHIP IN US STATE OF OKLAHOMA ARE HELPING SOLVE A FOSTER CARE CRISIS
BOBBY ROSS, Jr, reports for Religion News Service…
“FAMILIES FOR LIFE”: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN CHURCHES AND CHILDREN IN CARE
In an interview which took place on the sidelines of the recent Justice Conference in Melbourne, DAVID ADAMS speaks with Krish Kandiah, founder of UK charity Home for Good, about his passion for bringing together Christians and children in need…