Meredith Vieira, NBC News: Could you have anticipated what would happen when you decided you were gonna adopt a child?Madonna: Absolutely not. I mean I expected people to be cynical and say ...

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Human rights activists in Malawi leveled charges against Madonna of child trafficking, kidnapping and generally behaving like a bully as the pop icon tried to adopt a second child from one of ...

Malawian officials also said the child's departure had been delayed for procedural reasons and that he was being cared for in the meantime by members of Madonna's entourage who stayed behind.

Malawian child welfare officials are expected to file a report on the suitability of the couple as adoptive parents after two trips to their London residence in May and December. Madonna says she ...

Although Crivelli was mentioned ... eyes raised to a vision of the Madonna and Child, who are represented within a gilded, lozenge-shaped mandorla apparently bursting from the canvas.

Here’s a checklist: Madonna and child flanked by Four Saints, by Naddo Ceccarelli, circa 1339-1347. This intimate but beautiful three-panel altarpiece was originally meant for private devotion.

The decision by a judge in Malawi to refuse permission for pop singer Madonna to adopt a three-year ... but not for the best interests of the child. Life in an Malawian orphanage surely is not ...