Canada's first deaf Roman Catholic priest was ordained in 2012. Raised a Baptist in Michigan, Matthew Hysell lost his hearing after a bout with meningitis as a toddler. He made the decision to become a priest as a teenager after reading about the priesthood in school. He graduated from City University in New York, then earned a master's in theology from a California program. He celebrates mass using sign language. He was as Associate Pastor at Corpus Christi Parish with respo

The Vatican’s YouTube channel streamed the Easter service of Pope Francis with American Sign Language for the first time this year. The...

Israel’s only deaf rabbi says he wants to make Judaism accessible for the deaf and hard of hearing. (image from Yehoshua Soudakoff's...