Madrid, Spain, May 4, 2016 / 12:33 pm
In the Catholic Church, the spoken language is central to the liturgy: we recite the Nicene Creed as one, we praise the Lord with the Gloria that we sing, and we bow our heads to hear the blessing we receive at the end of Mass.
But there's a different reality for hearing impaired and deaf Catholics around the world.
Father Sergio Buiza, the national director of the Spanish Conference of Catholic Bishops Deaf Ministry, said their goal is to "bring the Gospel to the maximum number of people," including, of course, the deaf and hearing impaired, Europa news reported.
Fr. Buiza is just one of several priests who celebrates Mass in sign language at one of many Catholic churches in Spain. He celebrates a sign language Mass at the Santiago Cathedral in Bilboa, Spain each week.