Topic: Disability
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Address of His Holiness Pope Francis to Participants in the 24th Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
Magisterial Documents
April 11, 2024
Description This was an address to a conference with the title: ‘Disability and the Human Condition. Changing the Social Determinants of Disabilities and Building a New Culture of Inclusion’. The Pope, advocates ‘listening to the voices of men and women with disabilities’ to understand how the lives of persons with disabilities are conditioned ‘not only
Difficult Learning: COVID-19 and Adults with Learning Disabilities or Autism
ABN Papers
May 27, 2026
Fear of Dementia For most people, learning to live in lockdown has been a challenge and the lockdown will have long-term repercussions for our health – mental and physical – and for the economy. People also face challenges spiritually. Churches remain shut to public worship and to private prayer. [1] People cannot be with their loved ones
Dignity in Living: Addressing Euthanasia by Affirming Patient Personhood in Dementia
ABN Papers
May 29, 2026
Organisations like the Alzheimer’s Society have made it their mission to transform the landscape of dementia forever so that those affected by that condition are supported, accepted and able to live in their community without fear or prejudice. There has been a concerted effort to change perceptions about dementia and a significant part of this
Disability and the Human Condition. Changing the Social Determinants of Disabilites and Building a New Culture of Inclusion
Other Resources
October 1, 2025
This volume comprises the proceedings of the 2024 Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences: Disability and the Human Condition. The proceedings include sections on: · Lives Worth Living: Operationalizing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities · Disability, Poverty and Inequalities: What New Policies for Economic Inclusion? · Philosophical, Ethical and Theological Perspectives
‘Declaration Dignitas Infinita on Human Dignity’ (2 April 2024)
Magisterial Documents
April 2, 2024
Description It is possible to make a fourfold distinction of the concept of dignity: ontological dignity, moral dignity, social dignity, and existential dignity. The most important among these is the ontological dignity that belongs to the person as such simply because he or she exists and is willed, created, and loved by God.[7] Biblical Revelation