Germany’s bishops have voted 51-12 in favour of adopting the statutes of their “synodal assembly”. A bishop in the Philippines has called for children to be vaccinated after the first outbreak of polio in almost 20 years. George Weigel accuses the reconfigured John Paul II Institute of “a craven surrender to the spirit of the age”. Marc Santora and Joanna Berendt profile Poland’s most “politically powerful” priest. Mgr Charles Pope says he is “stunned at the decline in Mass attendance” in his lifetime. Melody Gee explains how her Chinese parents’ “connection to the mysterious” led her to the Church. And Frank La Rocca reveals how he composed the “Mass of the Americas”. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.