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New movie depicts story of how a small church changed the lives of 77 foster children

July 2, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Actor Demetrius Grosse as Rev. Martin in the new movie "Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot," which will be released in theaters on July 4, 2024. / Credit: Angel Studios

CNA Staff, Jul 2, 2024 / 12:15 pm (CNA).
A new film called “… […]

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Oregon mother appeals court ruling in religious discrimination adoption case

December 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Oregon resident Jessica Bates appealed a court’s ruling against her in a case alleging that the government is religiously discriminating against her by refusing to allow her to adopt children from the state system. / Credit: Alliance Defending F… […]

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Massachusetts wrongly rejected Catholic foster parent applicants, lawsuit charges

August 9, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Michael and Catherine Burke of Southampton, Massachusetts, were denied approval to become foster parents and are suing the state on the grounds that they were discriminated against because of their Catholic faith and beliefs. / Credit: Becket

D… […]

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Adventures in woke adoption and synodal ambiguities

April 20, 2023 Carl E. Olson 10

Earlier this week, The American Conservative published my essay “Woke Adoption” (I didn’t choose the title, but it fits), in which I relate some of what my wife and I have experience as adoptive/foster parents […]

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On Jessica Bates and the “new orthodoxy”: Can people of faith still adopt?

April 10, 2023 Charles J. Russo 8

Jessica Bates, a widowed mother of five children aged ten to seventeen in Oregon whose husband died six years ago in a car accident unsuccessfully attempted “to adopt siblings from foster care,” both of whom […]

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National Adoption Month and focusing on foster care

November 28, 2022 Kathy Schiffer 10

At a time when the emphasis on the nuclear family has noticeably weakened, thousands of children face the prospect of growing up without ever having established permanent family connections. There are more than 400,000 children […]

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Eight pro-life lessons from Lifemark

September 20, 2022 Susan Ciancio 0

Movies tend to give us an idealized version of life. No matter what happens, the good guy always wins in the end. People overcome incredible hurdles. The girl gets the guy she’s pined away for. […]

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Extra, extra! News and views for June 29, 2022

June 29, 2022 CWR Staff 10

The Decision – “Guided by the history and tradition that map the essential components of the Nation’s concept of ordered liberty, the Court finds the Fourteenth Amendment clearly does not protect the right to an […]

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Extra, extra! News and views for June 15, 2022

June 15, 2022 CWR Staff 10

The Philosophical Approach – They don’t teach existentialist philosophy at music school, but if they did. . . Advice to Musicians from Martin Heidegger (Ted Gioia) Raised as a Boy – The only long-term study done […]

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Dr. Ray Guarendi answers common questions about adoption

June 6, 2022 Paul Senz 6

The prospect of adoption is daunting, even frightening, to most people. There are so many unknowns and so many questions: Can we love a child like your own who isn’t your own flesh-and-blood? This child […]

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