India’s bishops back Missionaries of Charity on adoption services
October 14, 2015
The bishops of India support the Missionaries of Charity in their decision to cease providing adoption services in India, according to a spokesman.
Father Joseph Chinnayan, deputy secretary-general of the bishops’ conference, said that government regulations permit adoptions by “unmarried adults in same-sex relationships, couples living together, and those divorced or separated could adopt children, contrary to the Church’s thinking about family and parenting,” according to a UCA News paraphrase of his remarks.
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Further information:
- Bishops endorse MC nuns' decision on adoption centers (UCA News)
- Mother Teresa's nuns drop adoption services in India because of legal guidelines (CWN, 10/12)
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