Church administration has become increasingly subject to uniform civil codes. At the same time, since Vatican II – and in tandem with the decline of close-knit ethnic enclaves – churchgoers no longer feel obliged to hew to the letter of canon law.
这一状况目前已几近逆转。教会管理变得越来越受统一的民法的约束。与此同时，自第二次梵蒂冈大公会议以来——与此同时，团结一致的同袍之志也在衰落——礼拜者不再感到有义务遵守教会法。“相对主义”、“自助式天主教”和类似的东西无处不在。