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  • Illinois: Catholic Charities ends adoption-services appeal, will 'focus on being more Catholic'

    11/17/2011 7:43:56 AM PST · by Mrs. Don-o · 47 replies
    CatholicCulture.org ^ | November 15, 2011 | Catholic World News
    [No to Gay Adoption] Three Illinois bishops have announced that they are ending their legal appeal against legislation requiring equal treatment for same-sex couples in adoption and foster-care services. “It is with deep regret that we have decided to relinquish our appeals in the litigation concerning the provision of foster care and adoption services by Catholic Charities of the Dioceses of Joliet and Springfield in Illinois and by Catholic Social Services of Southern Illinois in the Diocese of Belleville,” the bishops of the three dioceses said in a joint statement. “This lawsuit had sought clarification as to whether the...