Pope Francis has denounced how Irish children were "robbed of their innocence and taken from their mothers" by Catholic Church-run institutions that put them up for adoption for the shame of having ...

Irish adoption agency records are to be examined to determine the extent of the illegal adoption practice in Ireland. The Chief Executive of children’s charity Barnardo's claimed, in May 2018, that as ...

Professor Éamon de Valera, Jr, the son of former President of Ireland Éamon de Valera, is accused of organizing illegal adoptions in Ireland in a new RTÉ Investigates documentary. “Who Am I: Ireland’s ...

DUBLIN — For decades, Irish society stigmatized unwed mothers, pressuring them to give up their newborns, often in shadowy adoptions. Now, the Irish government, after years of inaction, has begun ...

DUBLIN (Reuters) – The Irish government has ordered a comprehensive investigation into the treatment of children at Catholic church homes for unmarried mothers, including accusations of forced ...

Knock, Ireland – Pope Francis on Sunday denounced how Irish children were “robbed of their innocence and taken from their mothers” by Catholic-run institutions that put them up for adoption to erase ...

Pope Francis on Sunday denounced how Irish children were “robbed of their innocence and taken from their mothers” by Catholic-run institutions that put them up for adoption to erase the shame of ...

Pope Francis has denounced how Irish children were "robbed of their innocence and taken from their mothers" by Catholic Church-run institutions that put them up for adoption for the shame of having ...

Pope Francis says parents of gay children shouldn’t condemn them, ignore their orientation or throw them out of the house. Rather, he says they should pray, talk and try to understand. Speaking to ...