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August 27, 2006

Catholic Charities Defies Vatican

Catholic Charities of San Francisco has found a way around the Vatican's call to keep foster childern out of same sex households.

In an adroit end-run against a Vatican ban on granting adoptions to same-sex couples, Catholic Charities of San Francisco will launch a new project in coming weeks that experts say will lead to the placement of hundreds of foster children around the state every year.

While the agency will no longer directly place children in homes, it will provide staff and financial resources to connect needy children to adoptive parents, expanding from 25 placements a year to assisting in the adoptions of as many as 800 children annually, say those involved in the program.

Good for them for finding a way to do what is right without embarassing their church. But it makes me wonder, just how long will American Catholics stick with a church leadership that is so far out of step with their spiritual beliefs?

Posted by Alan at August 27, 2006 01:06 PM