text: But when you look at the more conservative dioceses like Lincoln NE, you see the Church is stable or growing and that vocations are plentiful.
  
  In the more liberal dioceses, the churches would be emptying because let's face it: what point is there to being religious or Catholic if the Church is just going to accept whatever cultural or Hollywood fashion happens to be in vogue at a given time? If the Church is just expected to adopt the belief system of whatever whims and trends grip pop-culture at any given time, there seems little point to religion.
  
  If you want to argue that the Church is about helping the poor--may I remind you that there is nothing unique to the Catholic religion about helping the poor. I can be an atheist and do that. I can be a social worker and do that. I can be a community organizer and do that. I don't need religion and God to do that.
  
  I need religion and God for salvation and truth--things society cannot offer me.