Making room: Catholics with disabilities hope synod will hear their voices
Pope Francis accepts a document on people with disabilities from Giulia Cirillo, a member of the Sant’Egidio community, at the end of the general
audience in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican September 21. Photos: CNS
by Junno Arocho Esteves The Gospel of St John tells the story of Jesus’ encounter with a man who was born blind. Upon seeing him, the disciples asked Jesus if the man’s blindness was due to his sins or that of his parents. “Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works…