Bishops support measure to protect faith-based foster agencies
Mar 16, 2021 national correspondent
Cecilia Paul, right, a foster mother through Catholic Social Services of the Philadelphia Archdiocese for more than 40 years, is pictured in her Philadelphia home in this 2015 file photo with daughter Taylor and son Jamil, both of whom she cared for as a foster mother before adopting them. A Department of Health and Human Services modified rule taking effect Jan. 19, 2021, helps ensure faith-based social service providers will not be excluded from certain federally funded programs. (Sarah Webb, CatholicPhilly.com, via CNS).
Three U.S. Bishops Conference chairmen affirmed Monday their support for First Amendment protections for faith-based foster care and adoption providers with legislation introduced that aims to ensure those institutions continue to receive funding.
Bishops back bill to protect faith-based foster care, adoption providers
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