Plenty of Catholics practicing their faith in California where I live. Very active folks.
By no means did I intend to say that the Church was dead.
Those that practice their faith in the open are brave souls. Those that fight evil in the open (protest abortion clinics) are soldiers of God.
But I don’t think that the followers of Satan have ever been stronger and the vicious attacks on the followers of Christ are in the open and brutal. Many followers of Christ have been cowed into silence.
Many attend church every Sunday and live in the shadows the rest of the week.