http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/the-city-gates.cfm?ID=561
If you do not believe the Catholic Church is being singled out for persecution, you are not paying attention.
A snippet...
Unless police officers in Boston are uniquely hostile to priests (a distinct possibility), the tide has turned very quickly on this question. On September 11, 2001, there were Catholic priests at the staging areas near the World Trade Center, giving absolution to firefighters before they rushed into the doomed building: mass-producing saints!