Disability Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/cbcew/disability/ England and Wales Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:22:28 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png Disability Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/cbcew/disability/ 32 32 174395915 Bishop Menezes: ‘Assisted dying’ is a threat to all vulnerable people https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-menezes-assisted-dying-is-a-threat-to-all-vulnerable-people/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-menezes-assisted-dying-is-a-threat-to-all-vulnerable-people/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:47:24 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=119916 Bishop Timothy Menezes, an Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Birmingham, has called attention to the threat which assisted suicide poses not just to the elderly, but to all vulnerable people. In a video message, Bishop Menezes shares the concerns of a young parishioner with disabilities: “A young man spoke to me after Mass and […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-menezes-assisted-dying-is-a-threat-to-all-vulnerable-people/feed/ 0 119916 Bishop Hendricks reflects on “joyful” Jubilee of People With Disabilities https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-hendricks-reflects-on-joyful-jubilee-of-people-with-disabilities/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-hendricks-reflects-on-joyful-jubilee-of-people-with-disabilities/#respond Mon, 19 May 2025 12:26:40 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=105294 Bishop Paul Hendricks attended the Jubilee of People With Disabilities in Rome, which was celebrated on 28-29 April. Here he offers his reflection on “this joyful pilgrimage”. Throughout this Jubilee Year, there have been certain weeks when different groups of people have been invited to come to Rome, to celebrate their ‘Pilgrimage of Hope’ with […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-hendricks-reflects-on-joyful-jubilee-of-people-with-disabilities/feed/ 0 105294 Kairos Forum https://www.cbcew.org.uk/kairos-forum/ Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:43:41 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=96142 The Kairos Forum, is an independent consultancy which serves to enable the lives of people who have disabilities and who have been Intellectually Disabled (KFCID). The consultancy is born out of a research project with the University of Aberdeen. The forum acts as advisors to organisations, such as the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales, […]

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]]> 96142 Valuability – a better way of looking at people with disabilities https://www.cbcew.org.uk/valuability-a-better-way-of-looking-at-people-with-disabilities/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/valuability-a-better-way-of-looking-at-people-with-disabilities/#respond Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:53:51 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=83910 Pope Francis has invited the whole Church in December to pray that “people with disabilities may be the centre of attention in our societies”. This is a very fitting prayer intention as we start Advent – that wonderful season of prayer, preparation and reconciliation before the coming of Christ, the Prince of Peace, at Christmas. […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/valuability-a-better-way-of-looking-at-people-with-disabilities/feed/ 0 83910 Edith Stein – a modern saint who teaches us to value every person and raise up people with disabilities https://www.cbcew.org.uk/edith-stein-teaches-us-to-value-every-person/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/edith-stein-teaches-us-to-value-every-person/#respond Thu, 01 Jun 2023 15:26:13 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=76169 This summer, a Catholic organisation that helps and celebrates those who experience disability, is hosting a series of events to introduce people to Edith Stein, the great Judeo-Catholic saint whose life and teachings offer the perfect example of how to value everyone – particularly those with disabilities. Cristina Gangemi, a highly experienced disability adviser who […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/edith-stein-teaches-us-to-value-every-person/feed/ 0 76169 July events celebrating the teaching and wisdom of Edith Stein https://www.cbcew.org.uk/edith-stein-events-disability/ Tue, 16 May 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=75548 Edith Stein, or Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross as you might know her, devoted her whole life to the search for truth. Born on the Feast of St Wilfred, 12 October 1891, in the then German town of Breslau, now Wroclaw in Poland, Edith Stein was a German Jew who was known as a […]

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]]> 75548 People with Disabilities and the Synodal Journey https://www.cbcew.org.uk/people-with-disabilities-and-the-synodal-journey/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 13:16:01 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=72531 The Church is our Home Worldwide, more than a billion people live with a physical, organic, sensory, cognitive (intellectual) or mental disability. That’s about 15% of the world’s population. In May 2022, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, in agreement with the General Secretariat of the Synod, invited around 30 people with disabilities from […]

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]]> 72531 #IamChurch: The Word of God in lives of people with disabilities https://www.cbcew.org.uk/iamchurch-the-word-of-god-in-lives-of-people-with-disabilities/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/iamchurch-the-word-of-god-in-lives-of-people-with-disabilities/#respond Fri, 21 Jan 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=62114 As the Church prepares to celebrate the Sunday of the Word of God, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life brings us this fifth and final video in the #IamChurch series, entitled “The Word of God in the lives of people with disabilities.” The latest video tells of Antonietta and Federico, two young people from […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/iamchurch-the-word-of-god-in-lives-of-people-with-disabilities/feed/ 0 62114 #IamChurch: “We” not “they” – disability in the life of the Church https://www.cbcew.org.uk/iamchurch-we-not-they-disability-in-the-life-of-the-church/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/iamchurch-we-not-they-disability-in-the-life-of-the-church/#respond Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=61248 The fourth video in the #IamChurch series is a reflection by Australian Jesuit priest, Fr. Justin Glyn S.J., who – starting from his condition of disability – addresses the issue of limits, which belongs to every human being. Fr. Glyn – who has dealt with similar topics in an issue of Civiltà Cattolica and in numerous […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/iamchurch-we-not-they-disability-in-the-life-of-the-church/feed/ 0 61248 #IamChurch: Witness the joy of faith: a call for persons with disabilities https://www.cbcew.org.uk/iamchurch-witness-the-joy-of-faith-a-call-for-persons-with-disabilities/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/iamchurch-witness-the-joy-of-faith-a-call-for-persons-with-disabilities/#respond Mon, 20 Dec 2021 09:50:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=61189 In his Message addressed to persons with disabilities on the occasion of the International Day dedicated to them, Pope Francis reminds us – citing Guadete et Exsultate – that we all have a universal call to holiness. In the third video of the #IamChurch series, some sisters from the Congregation of Petites Sœurs Disciples de […]

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