Bishop O'Malley on American Culture

Here's a story, in which Boston's bishop, Sean O'Malley, is reported to have said recently that "American culture is inhospitable to Roman Catholic teaching, and likened preaching to Americans to a form of martyrdom." According to the article, Bishop O'Malley "compared the Catholic Church in the United States to 'exiles in the midst of Babylon.' He said Catholics 'find themselves in a hostile, alien environment where the overriding temptation is to assimilate, the cultural pull is to conform to a dominant cultural influence that is incongruous with our faith and our destiny.'"

Is he right? If so, what does this "exile" status mean for Catholic lawyers and law teachers?

Rick