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Pope Francis: Disabled people are not in humanity's minor 'leagues'
Pope Francis said Tuesday that disabled people make important contributions to humanity, and called discrimination against them a sin. The... Read more
Legal assisted suicide puts people with disabilities at risk, report finds
Leaders in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops applauded the National Council on Disability for its recent research on the... Read more
Disabled woman who narrowly avoided forced abortion to get forced contraception
A judge in England has decided that a disabled woman who is pregnant will be fitted with a contraceptive device... Read more
UK court orders forced abortion for disabled woman
A British judge has authorized doctors to perform an abortion on a pregnant Catholic woman with developmental disabilities and a... Read more
How this mom of disabled children is helping others to 'accept the gift'
How one mom launched a conference for the parents of children with special needs Read more
Abortion rights advocates to challenge pro-life bills in Kentucky
The Kentucky legislature passed two pro-life bills this week, which are expected to be signed by the governor. The bills,... Read more
UK doctors perform prenatal surgery on child with a birth defect
Doctors in the United Kingdom performed surgery Jan. 8 on an unborn baby, before successfully returning the child to her... Read more
Pro-life, disability groups support Indiana abortion law at SCOTUS
Nineteen states and numerous pro-life and disability groups have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold an Indiana law prohibiting... Read more
US bishops to honor three people with 'People of Life' award
More than 100 Catholics will attend the 2018 People of Life awards next week to honor three pro-life individuals for... Read more
New York assisted suicide bill draws fire from disability rights group
Disability rights activists are speaking out in opposition to a proposal in New York that would legalize physician assisted suicide. Read more
Polish bishops applaud bill to ban abortions based on disability
As pro-life legislation moves forward in Poland, the nation’s Catholic Bishops’ Conference applauded the measure, stressing that every human person... Read more
Youth with special needs rock runway in NYC church
Last Friday night, more than 200 people gathered for a Times Square fashion show in New York City. It wasn't... Read more
Pope slams 'eugenic' mentality that seeks to eliminate disability
On Saturday, Pope Francis issued a harsh condemnation of the underlying eugenic mentality in society that leads many to abort... Read more
Excluding people with disabilities makes Church 'incomplete'
A leading expert on faith and disabilities has said that people with disabilities are an essential aspect of the Church's... Read more
Supreme Court rejects Texas' standards for executing the intellectually disabled
In a death penalty case with national implications, the Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a Texas court ruling that a... Read more
In new musical, disability rights activist tackles assisted suicide
Physician-assisted suicide has been a subject of controversy for several years, but Liz Carr is taking the issue somewhere it... Read more
DC Mass celebrates gifts of those with disabilities
The kingship of Christ is lived out through service to those in need, said the homilist at the annual Washington,... Read more
For Thailand Catholics, God's mercy exceeds limits of illness
Hundreds of sick and physically challenged people marked the Catholic Church’s Year of Mercy in Thailand with a special procession... Read more
The UN ruled that Ireland's abortion ban violates human rights
Pro-life groups in Ireland are charging that a United Nations human rights committee contradicted its mission when it ruled that... Read more
Pope Francis calls it – discrimination against the disabled is 'ugly'
No single person is more valuable than another, especially when it comes to those with disabilities, Pope Francis said on... Read more
