Deaf people and Persons with Disabilities are our Kapwa: A Response to Fratelli Tutti
In a world where some people have accustomed to a sort of apartheid that is a paradigm of "us-them," the reminder of Pope Francis in his latest encyclical Fratelli Tutti is timely. The "them" here are the "hidden exiles," who are often an afterthought of society - Deaf...
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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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SCM Press
2022
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Concilium
Year: 2022, Issue: 2, Pages: 131-135 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Catholic church, Pope (2013- : Franziskus), Verfasserschaft1, Fratelli tutti
/ Deaf-mute person
/ Handicapped
/ Attention
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IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDB Roman Catholic Church NCA Ethics |
Further subjects: | B
Deaf people
B People with disabilities B Francis, Pope, 1936- |
Summary: | In a world where some people have accustomed to a sort of apartheid that is a paradigm of "us-them," the reminder of Pope Francis in his latest encyclical Fratelli Tutti is timely. The "them" here are the "hidden exiles," who are often an afterthought of society - Deaf and Persons with Disabilities. In this short reflection, I share my years of engagement with Deaf people and Persons with Disabilities and their praxis of Filipino indigenous values, which can be taken as a gesture of social friendship. |
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ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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