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3 September, 2010

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‘Grave concerns’ at same sex adoption

THE ARCHBISHOP of Sydney, George Cardinal Pell, this week restated the Church’s “grave concerns” about proposed legislation due to be debated in State parliament this month that would allow same-sex couples the right to adopt children.

Cardinal Pell was a co-signatory to a letter to all State MPs this week urging them to reject the bill and to ensure that the right of every child to know the love and care of a father and a mother continued to be reflected in the Adoption Act.

The Bill to rewrite the Act was introduced last June by the independent state MP and Lord Mayor Clover Moore. Ms Moore said she would, however, now amend it so as to give church adoption agencies the right to refuse adoption services for gay and lesbian couples, without breaching anti-discrimination laws.

She was quoted as saying that to help ensure the Bill’s passage through State parliament. she was amending it, in line with requests from church adoption agencies. [Full Story]

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BLESSED MARY MACKILLOP

THE OFFICIAL FRAMED PRINT

A beautiful framed print of Australia's saint-in waiting, Mary MacKillop. The photograph is an officially authorised image of Mary as a woman in her 40s.

"It is immediately recognisable throughout the world," said Sr Sheila McCreanor, the Secretary General of the Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph.

To obtain your copy to grace the walls of your home, church, classroom or office www.catholicgiftshop.com.au/Mary_MacKillop.php

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