Adoption Archives

Abandoned at birth, Safe Haven Baby Boxes founder: ‘I was made for this’

Jun 27, 2021

Monica Kelsey knew she was adopted. She also knew she wanted to find her birth mother.

TV documentary shows scale of Church-brokered illegal adoptions in Ireland

Mar 4, 2021

A new documentary in Ireland has detailed a series of illegal adoptions facilitated by religious orders in the country, which involved the creation of false birth certificates.

By Charles Collins

Bishops applaud HHS rule change that aids adoption, foster care providers

Jan 16, 2021

A Department of Health and Human Services modified rule that helps ensure that faith-based social service providers will not be excluded from certain federally funded programs was met with approval by the chairmen of three U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops committees.

By Catholic News Service

Mass gives Kansas families chance to honor shared experience of adoption

Dec 5, 2020

The path to adoption for Mandy and Keegan Wilson looked nothing like they envisioned.

By Karen Bonar

Supreme Court set to hear arguments in Catholic foster care case

Oct 31, 2020

The Supreme Court, with a full bench, will hear oral arguments by teleconference Nov. 4 about a Catholic social service agency that had been excluded from Philadelphia’s foster care program for not accepting same-sex couples as foster parents.

By Carol Zimmermann

Catholic Charities of Baltimore ends international adoption program

Oct 27, 2020

After more than 75 years helping form families through international adoption, Catholic Charities of Baltimore has closed its international adoption program. The agency cited changing circumstances within other countries and a “negative stance” toward international adoption from the U.S. government.

By George P. Matysek Jr.

Christian adoption agency’s legal fight back to trial court

Jul 22, 2020

A Christian adoption agency’s legal fight with New York state over its policy toward unmarried and same-sex couples will continue under a federal appeals court ruling Tuesday.

By Associated Press