Table of Contents

• Church Documents and Teachings
• Articles and Publications
• Legal Briefs
• News Releases and Statements
• Additional Resources

Church Documents and Teachings

• Speech to Young People Having Disabilities, Pope Benedict XVI, April 19, 2008 (En Español)
• To the Members of the Christian Office for the Disabled, Pope John Paul II, November 13, 2004 (En Español)
• On the Occasion of the International Symposium on the Dignity and Rights of the Mentally Disabled Person, Pope John Paul II, January 5, 2004 (En Español)
• Jubilee of the Disabled, Pope John Paul II, December 3, 2000 (En Español)
• Welcome and Justice for Persons with Disabilities, USCCB, 1998
• Evangelium Vitae: On the Value and Inviolability of Human Life, Pope John Paul II March 25, 1995 (En Español)
• Address to Handicap and Disabled Persons, Pope John Paul II, September 12, 1984
• To the Participants in the International Games for Disabled Persons, Pope John Paul II, April 3, 1981
• On the Family and Integration of the Disabled, Pontifical Council for the Family, March 23, 1981
• Pastoral Statement of U.S. Catholic Bishops on Persons with Disabilities, USCCB, 1978

Articles and Publications

• A Will for Living, by Stephen L. Mikochik, 2008 (En Español)
• The Person with Mental Illness: Bearing God's Image, by Rev. Richard Gill, L.C., 2007 (En Español)
• Peter's Story: Discovering Hope and Love After an Adverse Prenatal Diagnosis, by Mary Kellett, 2007 (En Español)
• The Quality of Life: Who's to Judge? Richard Doerflinger, 1996

Legal Briefs

• Ernest Paul McCarver v. State of North Carolina, June 8, 2001 (from the Office of General Counsel)

News Releases and Statements

• Statement on the Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act, NCCB Committee for Pro-Life Activities, June 1986
• Statement on the Treatment of Infants Born with Handicapping Conditions, Reverend Edmund Bryce, 1982

Additional Resources

Please see our Catalog for our printed resources on Disabilities.

Please see the National Catholic Partnership on Disability website for more information.

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