Is Bishop Slattery Privatizing Catholic Charities?

Tulsa Diocese’s parish-centered approach offers a model that draws the needs of the poor into the daily life of the faithful.

Illinois Catholic Charities Reorganizes in Response to State Defunding

Diocese of Springfield's services are more self-reliant now.

New Law Leads to Catholic Charities Casualty in Illinois

One agency breaks from diocese in order to continue adoptions and foster-care placement under civil union law, which prohibits discrimination against same-sex couples.

Illinois Dioceses Drop Lawsuit Against State and Shut Down Adoption Services

'The decision not to pursue further appeals was reached with great reluctance, but was necessitated by the fact that the state of Illinois has made it financially impossible for our agencies to continue to provide these services,' said Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Bishop Edward Braxton of Belleville and Bishop R. Daniel Conlon of Joliet.

Bishop Braxton on Belleville Diocese's Catholic Charities

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No More Foster Care for Illinois Catholic Charities?

A local judge refused to change his ruling that the state has the right to stop referring children to charities in four dioceses.

Catholic Charities Continues to Help Those Affected by Hurricane Irene

In the aftermath, residents and towns still need a lot of help cleaning up.

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Judge Rules Against Illinois Catholic Charities

Ruling: State has the right to stop contracting with the agencies on foster care and adoption placement. New civil-unions law sparked the lawsuit from Catholic Charities, which wanted to retain the right to accept state contracts while placing children with families according to Catholic tenets.

A Defense of Speaker Boehner

Careless references to Catholic social teaching confuse rather than enlighten.

Church vs. State

Fourth Catholic Charities agency joins lawsuit against Illinois.

Illinois Abandons Second Attempt to Block Catholic Charities' Foster-Care Work

Next step: A hearing is scheduled for Aug. 17.

Judge: Illinois Catholic Charities Can Continue Foster Care

Department of Children and Family Services was wrong for issuing termination letter, ruling stated. Hearing will take place next month.

Illinois Catholic Charities Fight to Provide Foster Care

Department of Children and Family Services’ decision to end partnership with three local dioceses in wake of civil-unions law prompts challenge.

More Illinois Catholic Charities Stop Adoptions in Wake of New Law

Dioceses of Joliet and Peoria have stopped processing applications for new foster or adoptive parents.

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Penalized for Putting ‘Best Interest of the Child’ First

Treating Children Like Pets / Why homosexual adoption in Illinois is a travesty: a guest commentary.

Bracing for the Flood

Parishioners in one Louisiana town are ‘stressed, concerned and praying fervently’ during this time of uncertainty before Mississippi swelling eases.

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