U.S. Catholic Church is dead. The "in your face" placement of Pedophile Preditor Cardinal Law as the center piece of Pope John's funeral will be the final straw. My extended family is 90% Catholic and to a person they are all pissed off. Many no longer attend mass at all and the rest are disgusted. The Church has lost all moral authority, which means it no longer means anything to the flock. I don't know what this means for the country as a whole, but it ain't good. The church schools have been a rock for centuries, now they are but clots of dried mud on a diseased and dying institution. Those hoping for a rescue will just give up, keeping in mind that Law is now choosing bishops; and the dirty jokes just keep on coming. The confessional is now rated R and altar boys are openly accused of being gay.