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Adoption
Information on post adoption services
Sexual Orientation Regulations: statement by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor
Note from Archbishop Peter Smith regarding Catholic adoption agencies and the current controversy
Daily Telegraph article by Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor on Adoption Agencies
Cardinal interviewed on Adoption Agencies on BBC R4 ‘s ‘Today’ programme
Press statement from Catholic adoption agencies
Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor’s Statement on Adoption Agencies
Cardinal writes to the Prime Minister and Members of the Cabinet re: Catholic Adoption Agencies
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