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537 No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man.
538 Left to its own natural powers humanity does not have access to the Father s house , to God s life and happiness.
539 Only Christ can open to man such access that we, his members, might have confidence that we too shall go where he, our Head and our Source, has preceded us.
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662 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.
541 The lifting up of Jesus on the cross signifies and announces his lifting up by his Ascension into heaven, and indeed begins it. Jesus Christ, the one priest of the new and eternal Covenant, entered, not into a sanctuary made by human hands. . . but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
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Putting the human person at the centre of all healthcare systems 14 May 2021
In a video message to participants in the fifth international conference, “Exploring the Mind, Body & Soul How Innovation and Novel Delivery Systems Improve Human Health”, Pope Francis underscored the importance of putting the human person at the centre of every healthcare system. Organized by the Pontifical Council for Culture, the Cura Foundation and the Vatican Science and Faith Foundation, the conference was held online on 6-8 May. The following is the English text of the Holy Father’s words.
Gina Christian
By Gina Christian • Posted May 14, 2021
As a kid and probably thanks to reading J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” series I found myself drawn to Norse mythology, and reveled in folktales from the far north as I evaded homework.
A favorite story was a predictable “boy meets-loses-finds girl” yarn, but one that had an interesting twist. Prior to securing the maiden, and on the damsel’s own orders, the hero had to come up with a hiding place she couldn’t suss out. A wizard advised the lad to magically conceal himself first as a rabbit and then as a bear, with neither disguise convincing the girl and instead provoking her ridicule.
Mr. Pate was quick to note: “I hear a lot of our [gay] siblings say, ‘I’m a survivor of conversion therapy,’ and I don’t put myself in that category. I don’t see it as something that was entirely or even mostly detrimental.” Even so, he described feeling pressured to accept reductive theories of homosexuality from a therapist who he felt was so eager for Mr. Pate to get married that he could spare no empathy for a potential partner, a sentiment echoed by several interviewees about their respective therapists.
Mr. Pate now thinks his therapist did not leave enough space for the Cross and for the possibility that he, as the