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 ...

Many US couples take funds to the orphanages or care centres where their adopted child is being looked after. Madonna is donating £2million to fund an orphanage in Malawi. The UK process takes ...

Blogs Take On Madonna And Child By Melissa McNamara October 16, 2006 / 6:58 PM EDT / CBS Blogophile ...

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.

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.