Paul Perl Paul Perl is a part-time sociologist affiliated with the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate. He lives in Pittsburgh. By this Author Feb 15, 2025 Decades of surveys show American Catholics' moral independenceIn the American Catholic Laity Surveys that began in 1987, U.S. Catholics have, for quite some time now, preferred to decide for themselves on many questions of morality, over giving church leaders the final say.
