In older cities parochial schools were prevalent. Perhaps half the students went to those or private schools instead of public ones. The Catholic Church came out with Vatican 2, feminism took off, quotas and employment changed, and we were in a long stagflation period. Catholic schools and churches started to close down. In many ethnic neighborhoods, the churches were the center of everything. The social agendas and the money provided really ramped up and replaced the impact of the churches.Killing God? Really? I guess he wasn't as all powerful as many thought.