2009-11-20 08:01:56

Vatican Moves on Ministry to Hearing Impaired


(19 November 09-RV) There are more than 278 million hearing impaired people in the world, and at least 1.3 million of them are Catholic, but globally there are only 13 priests who were ordained deaf.

The shortfall in education and training in ministry to the hearing impaired is what this years’ conference of the Vatican Council for Pastoral Health Care is all about. Entitled “The Deaf Person in the Life of the Church” the three day conference opened this morning.

Delegates are asking whether local communities are doing enough for their hearing impaired members and why 80% of the worlds deaf live in underdeveloped nations. Liverpool Archbishop Patrick Kelly is president of the International Catholic Foundation for the Service of Deaf Persons. Hear what he had to say: RealAudioMP3








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