"The Church is worldly when it follows the fashions of thought and action of the world in various areas of human life, rather than orienting the world toward eternal realities. What is worldliness, after all, if not conforming to the mentality of the present age?"
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Father Nicola Bux, as quoted in "EXCLUSIVE: Top theologian warns Catholics must stop treating liturgy as ‘human entertainment’", LifeSiteNews (December 3, 2025)
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