[Notwithstanding]

You, sir, have made an excellent point. And your analysis largely explains why the Church has been such a target for so long: she is not trendy.

The promise of a trendy Catholic Church that people saw with Vatican II never came to fruition, thanks to the God-sent reign of Pope John Paul II. That he stymied this hoped-for trendiness is something Diane Sawyer and Bryant Gumbel etc cannot digest and will never accept. Their permanent indigestion is widespread but worthless, as we all know the Church will never be trendy.

[Notwithstanding]

Manhattan may diappear, the US may fade away, and we will all surely die, yet the Church will be here in the year 3000 teaching the same infallible doctrines she always has.