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The city of Philadelphia will no longer place foster children with parents through the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Catholic Social Services (CSS) because the archdiocese won’t place kids with same-sex couples. “A short time ago, the City ceased new foster care child intakes with CSS,” Kenneth Gavin, the archdiocese’s chief communications officer , told LifeSiteNews via email. “CSS is, at its core, an institution founded on faith based-principles. As such, CSS conducts its operations based upon deeply held religious beliefs and principles.” The archdiocesan program “recognizes the vital importance of the foster care program in our city and is proud to provide safe and nurturing foster environments to young people in need,” said Gavin. “Given the longstanding partnership between CSS and the city, we hope to continue our productive relationship with the City of Philadelphia to serve those among us in need.” As same-sex “marriage” was introduced and eventually imposed on th...

Image via Wikipedia The state of Illinois has said it will continue referring new children for adoption and foster care to Catholic Charities in Illinois. The state backed down Monday in the face of an emergency motion, after telling media last week that they would cease the referrals over Catholic Charities’ unwillingness to allow homosexuals to adopt. Last week, a state judge had prevented the Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) from ending its contract with the Catholic Charities agencies in the dioceses of Joliet , Peoria , and Springfield after they refused to place children with same-sex couples.  The Department, however, responded by simply ceasing referrals of new children to Catholic Charities, while technically leaving the contract intact by maintaining current cases. In an emergency motion Monday, Catholic Charities argued that the status quo under Judge John Schmidt ’s preliminary injunction included the continuation of new referrals.  They argu...