What must Catholics change in order for disabled people to be full and equal participants in our global society?
Disabilities
Posted inDispatches
Catholic sisters educate visually impaired children for free in Nigeria
Visually impaired children escape lifelong poverty with the education they receive from Catholic sisters in Lagos, Nigeria.
Posted inNews
Pope Leo encourages hiring people with disabilities at the Vatican
Pope Leo XIV has approved a change in the Vatican labor laws to encourage offices to hire people with disabilities and to make the necessary accommodations.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
I use Medicaid every day. I fear my lifeline is about to be cut.
Medicaid programs allow more children to attend school and climb out of poverty, and they allow some 4.5 million people to live in their own homes rather than in institutions.
Posted inFaith, News
First-ever Deaf Eucharistic Congress inspires people to greater love of Jesus
The first Deaf Eucharistic Congress was held in Emmitsburg, Md. from April 4 to 6.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The California wildfires remind us to consider people with disabilities in emergency preparedness
Even during ordinary times, a lack of inclusive transportation can mean missing essential health appointments; during an emergency such as the California wildfires, it can be fatal.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The Kingdom of God here and now: A homily for the Mass for Life
A sign of the presence of the Kingdom of God is when the vulnerable among us are well taken care of. That includes the unborn in their mothers’ wombs.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Despite discrimination because of my disability, I found grace in my confirmation journey
I use a motorized wheelchair and communication device because of my disability, cerebral palsy. Parishes were not prepared to accommodate my needs nor were they always willing to recognize my abilities.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Pope Francis called the internet ‘a gift from God.’ In Netflix’s ‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin,’ it’s a gift used well.
“The Remarkable Life of Ibelin” presents the internet as a place where true connection is possible and limitations can be transcended.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Review: In ‘Super/Man,’ Christopher Reeve shows us how heroic vulnerability is
The documentary “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” shows us how the man beneath the cape embraced off-screen heroism by accepting his own vulnerable humanity.