World Orphan Week is set aside each year at the beginning of March and serves as a reminder that these precious children desperately need the Church to step up and fill the gaps that the government was never created to handle. #WorldOrphanWeek #adoption #fostercare #church
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WorldOrphanWeek:TheChurchneedstostepupfor153MorphansByHerbieNewell,Op-EdContributorTuesday,March04,2025AwomanwalkswithorphansattheAGOHELDorphanage,hospital,trainingcenterandschool,foundedbyAbebechGobena,onMarch19,2013,inAddisAbaba,Ethiopia.|SeanGallup/GettyImagesUNICEFestimatesthat153millionchildrenworldwideareorphans—removedfromtheirparentsbecauseofdeath,poverty,orsocialunrest.WorldOrphanWeekissetasideeachyearatthebeginningofMarchandservesasareminderthatthesepreciouschildrendesperatelyneedtheChurchtostepupandfillthegapsthatthegovernmentwasnevercreatedtohandle.Thenumberofchildrenimpactedisoverwhelming;however,theChurchhasabiblicalmandatetodefendthefatherlessandspeakupforthevulnerable—sowemustact.
Anorphanisdefinedasonedeprivedofparentalcare.According
