The Catholic church kinda reminds me of communism. Its flock is supposed to just follow the leaders. And the leaders have been wrong for America for years. We cannot absorb the world and most of the world live in conditions that they created and were unwilling to make changes. The church is disobeying our laws and yet they live in America’s success.
Exactly wrong.
If by the "leaders" you mean the clergy, our clergy have "competence" only in the areas of holding and teaching the Holy Ffaith passed on by the apostles: that is, doctrine and morals: not politics and public policy. The trick is to get Bishops to preach and practice Catholic faith and morals.
The troubles --- and they are huge --- always occur when Catholic are not being Catholic enough.