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'produced' by the parents - and also that it is immortal''.2 This points to the

distinctiveness of anthropology, and invites exploration of it by modern

thought.

Distinguished Academicians, I wish to conclude by recalling the words

addressed to you by my predecessor Pope John Paul II in November 2003:

''scientific truth, which is itself a participation in divine Truth, can help

philosophy and theology to understand ever more fully the human person

and God's Revelation about man, a Revelation that is completed and per-

fected in Jesus Christ. For this important mutual enrichment in the search

for the truth and the benefit of mankind, I am, with the whole Church,

profoundly grateful''.

Upon you and your families, and all those associated with the work of the

Pontifical Academy of Sciences, I cordially invoke God's blessings of wisdom

and peace.

2 Catechism of the Catholic Church, 366.