United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Guidelines for the Celebration of the Sacraments with Persons with Disabilities (2017) Read here

Sharing Catholic Social Teaching: Challenges and Directions—Reflections on the U.S. Catholic Bishops (1998) Read here

Welcome and Justice for Persons with Disabilities: A Framework for Access and Inclusion (1998) Read here.  

Pastoral Letter of U.S. Catholic Bishops on Persons with Disabilities (1978, reaffirmed 1989) Read here.

 

Papal Messages

Message of Pope Francis on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (2022) Read here

Message of Pope Francis on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (2021) Read here

Message of John Paul II on the Occation of the International Symposium on the Dignity and Rights of the Mentally Disabled Person (2004) Read here

 

Papal Audience

Audience with the Participants in the Conference organized by the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, Catechesis and Persons with Disabilities: A Necessary Engagement in the Daily Pastoral Life of the Church (2017) Read here

 

Apostolic Letter

Salvici Doloris (1984) – On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering, Pope Paul II. Read here

 

Encyclicals

Fratelli Tutti (2020) – On Fraternity and Social Friendship, Pope Francis. Read here

Caritas in Veritate (2009) – Charity and Truth, Read here

Evangelium Vitae (1995) – The Gospel of Life, Pope John Paul II. Read here

Laborem Exercens (1981) – On Human Work, Pope John Paul II. Read here

 

Dogmatic Teachings

Dignitatis Humanae (1965) – Declaration on Religious Freedom, Pope Paul VI. Read here

Gaudium et Spes (1965) – Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, Read here