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Bishop Erik Varden O.C.S.O, of the Catholic Territorial Prelature of Trondheim, Norway, at the vespers at Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rome. / Daniel Ibáñez / CNARome Newsroom, Mar 25, 2023 / 14:40 pm (CNA).Bishops from the five Nordic countries have released a letter on the traditional Christian teaching on sexuality, upholding the "embodied integrity of personhood" against modern transgender ideologies."Now, notions of what it is to be a human, and so a sexual being, are in flux. What is taken for granted today may be rejected tomorrow. Anyone who stakes much on passing theories risks being terribly hurt. We need deep roots," the eight members of the Nordic bishops conference say in the letter, which was released Saturday."Let us, then, try to appropriate the fundamental principles of Christian anthropology while reaching out in friendship, with respect, to those who feel estranged by them," they continue. "We owe it to the Lord, to ourselves,