Cardinal Krol Sees Decline In US Morality, Calls TV Führer
Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia voiced alarm at a perceived erosion of morality in the United States blaming television films writers legislators judges and even President Ford. He urged focus on personal virtue over legal reforms and urged court restraint on secular society while supporting parochial school aid and anti abortion measures. He emphasized church mission to teach not legislate and noted a drop in Mass attendance alongside his own ambitions to serve as a priest not a pope.