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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please join the Pontifical Council’s for Culture and the Cura Foundation’s Fifth International Vatican Conference on: Exploring the Mind, Body & Soul. How Innovation and Novel Delivery Systems Improve Human
Health. The new virtual format three-day conference, be held on May 6-8, 2021, will be presented in dynamic, short- segment programs.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The conference will gather prominent physicians, scientists, leaders of faith, ethicists, patient advocates, policymakers, philanthropists and influencers to engage in conversations on the latest breakthroughs
in medicine, health care delivery and prevention.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Conference organizers will also spotlight a conversation on “Bridging Science and Faith” to explore the commonalities between religion and spirituality and health and wellbeing, as well as examine the relationship
between the mind, body and soul. The discussion will delve into the anthropological and cultural dimensions of being human and look for areas of convergence between the humanities and the natural sciences. Discussions around the importance of empathy and compassion,
ethical implications of advances in technology, including artificial intelligence, and the impact of innovation on anthropology one of the many areas where dialogue must occur. This important conversation is made possible through the generous support of a
grant from the John Templeton Foundation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Blessings and peace,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Reverend Michael B. Medas, MSW<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Catholic Chaplain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Massachusetts Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">W11-012 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">40 Massachusetts Ave.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cambridge, MA 02139<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“<i>But now thus says the Lord,<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> He who created you, O Jacob,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> He who formed you, O Israel:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">I have called you by name, you are mine.</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Isaiah 43:1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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