Also think it would be interesting to know what the actual funding of the USCCB is all about....local diocese are "taxed" and a portion is passed on to Rome (I recall USCCB  meeting "minutes" that note the increase in those taxes).

Further, recall federal funding in very large measure for Catholic Charities nationally, Catholic Relief .Services internationally AND other immigrant and social services  ....recall that the Obama administration was the most generous ever relative toCatholic Charities....

Think when you reap very large funding from the Feds it can well affect your political perspective?