Tag Archives: Catholic Charities

“The Catholic Church has often affirmed that here is no ‘right to adopt.’ It is a privilege and responsibility to be granted only to those married couples who can demonstrate, through their loving, permanent commitment to each other, their ability to make a lifetime commitment to raising a child in the best environment possible. May God bless these shepherds, their …

Two more Catholic adoption agencies in Illinois have decided to close their doors rather than comply with the state’s new civil unions law. They’d rather see children go without families. 

 Glenn Van Cura, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Joliet, told The Advocate that his office is not accepting applications for new foster care or adoptive …

Catholic Charities of Rockford, Illinois announced yesterday that they will suspend all foster care and adoption services rather than comply with the state’s new civil unions law. Officials cited a lack of clarity in the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Unions Act, which does not specify whether religious child welfare agencies must place children with couples in civil unions. …

Catholic Charities of Peoria, Illinois says that it will continue to deny its adoption services to gay people despite the recent failure of a bill that would have exempted them from anti-discrimination laws. Civil unions go into effect in Illinois on June 1st. “The Catholic Church is not going to be OK with Catholic Charities processing applications from anyone in …

Over the last seven days… Texas: Pastor Julio Perez charged with murder for hiring a hit man to shoot his wife.Mississippi: Pastor Eddie Prince charged with downloading child porn on a public library computer.Washington DC: Whistleblower lawsuit filed against Catholic Charities for charging the poor for flu shots meant to be free under a government-funded program.New York: Father Francis McCloskey …

Washington DC’s Catholic Charities will no longer offer spousal benefits to any new employees in order to ensure that no dirty queer in their employ gets to cover his partner. Employees at Catholic Charities were told Monday that the social services organization is changing its health coverage to avoid offering benefits to same-sex partners of its workers — the latest …

The governors of Maryland and Virginia, both of whom are Catholic, appeared on DC-area radio yesterday to blast DC’s Catholic Charities over the organization’s threat to suspend homeless services should same-sex marriage become legal in the District. Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley criticized the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington’s response to the district’s gay marriage proposal during …

Good As You reports that DC’s Catholic Charities placed a message in yesterday’s Sunday bulletin of St. Peters’s Cathedral to complain that the press was misreporting their threat to suspend social services if same-sex marriage is approved. Take it away, Jeremy Hooper: It would be one thing if they came right out and said, “Look, we simply don’t wanna serve …