text: "...this finding should be of concern especially to church leaders and Catholics who believe that the Catholic Church is a positive force in American society."
  
  Liberalism has put the Catholic Church on a path of decline that has persisted for half a century.  While it could, and should, be a positive force in American society, I fear that that is unlikely.  Until the shackles of blind liberalism are removed, the decay will continue in our church, and in our nation.