Emphasis mine:
Somehow I don't think the RCC is all that worried about your assesment of their structures and future viability.
Think what you want to think. It is not just me.
Currently, about 23% of the US population is Catholic. Less than 30% attend church.
Catholic school population is down well over 50% from 1980.
Philadelphia is currently closing 33 Catholic schools.
The Rockford IL Diocese is closing 57 parishes.
Nationally, 1,200 Catholic schools have been closed in the last 11 years.
Students enrolled in US Catholic schools have dropped 642,000 in 10 years, to 2,000,000.
Now, add in all the deserved bad press where the RCC has completely mishandled the priest abuse crisis, and it is obvious that Catholics have been voting with their feet and leaving.
My assessment is quite accurate. The RCC is the poster child of what
not to do these days.