Sandra Kindblade and Anita Jazowick sign the psalm during a Mass in sign language in early September in the chapel at St. Peter Parish in Portland, Ore. “When you come here you feel peace. Why?

While the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress in Indiana had ASL interpreters, Father Depcik wanted to focus on the Deaf community by holding this congress. Father Mike Depcik, one of the few Deaf ...

When the Easter livestream of Pope Francis' general audience and the Angelus was broadcast for the first time in American Sign Language on the Vatican's YouTube channel, the deaf Catholic ministry ...

It’s not always easy for Christians who are deaf or hard of hearing to find services and Masses that can accommodate their needs, but some churches are finding a way to do just that. Our Lady of the ...

Pope Francis communicated more with one hand on June 27 than many in the audience had seen in a long time from a church leader. With a smile on his face and his right arm raised in the air, Francis ...

PORTLAND — The Rev. Kevin Hughes has worked with deaf Catholic communities in Missouri, New York and Ontario, Canada, to translate Mass into American Sign Language and now is ready to bring that ...

Even in the solitude of her room at a retirement center, Anita Jazowick prays in sign language. She said she tells God her hopes and that she looks forward to seeing him. Jazowick is part of the ...

HOUSTON — When the Easter livestream of Pope Francis’s general audience and the Angelus was broadcast for the first time in American Sign Language on the Vatican’s YouTube channel, the deaf Catholic ...

According to Father Depcik, surveys have found that 96% of Deaf people do not attend church as there are limited services available in American Sign Language (ASL). More than 200 Deaf Catholics from ...

Christopher Sloan and Sophia Jo Peters sign the creed during a Mass in sign language in early September in the chapel at St. Peter Parish in Portland, Ore. (CNS photo/Ed Langlois, Catholic Sentinel) ...