Donald Cozzens's sobering assessment of the immediate future of the Church in the U.S. Is he right?Are we basically headed toward a situation in which liberals and moderates drop out, and conservatives are left with an increasingly smaller leaner, and meaner church? Is the Church in the U.S. following the path of the Church in Europe?

Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor in the Theology Department and Law School at Boston College.

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