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By Maria Madise, Voice of the Family - The interventions of two high-ranking prelates must not be ignored: one by Robert Cardinal Sarah, who addressed the bishops of Cameroon on 9 April; the other by Walter Cardinal Brandmüller, who wrote to his fellow Germans via kath.net on 30 March. Whilst different in their content, tone and manner, they strike the same chord: animated by true love for the Bride of Christ, these successors of the apostles appeal to their flock to recover the faith within the Church — each fulfilling his distinctive duties according to his state — as bishops, priests or laypeople.

By John A. Monaco, Crisis Magazine - I believe there is an important conversation to be had regarding the concept of human dignity and to what degree we can say humans possess “infinite” dignity, even if in a very limited, analogous way. There have already been solid analyses of the document and its possible limitations. But by fixating almost exclusively on the meaning of the word “dignity,” we may lose sight of something far more important—namely, that with Dignitas Infinita we see the crown jewel of a fully-entrenched anthropocentrism, one that stains the window panes of the post-conciliar Church.