Regarding: "The conference has served as a check on powerful cardinals in their midst: first O'Connell, later Cardinal Francis Spellman, and most recently, Cardinal Bernard Law."
- Sadly, the conference did nothing to contain ArchbFrancis, lately of Chicago. Had the conference done so then ArchbFrancis would be added to this list.
- During ArchbFrancis' presidency of the usccb he aided and abetted the revived clericalism inherit in the latin missal from rome issued by JPII  & with its 3rd edition of general instructions. Worse, he allowed the USA church to be inflicted by an english translation of that missal which was so badly done that it was a blow against catechesis & at worse a contravention of english grammar.
-  Let us not forget the trials inflicted on the USA while ArchbFrancis' guided the USCCB into the world of political lobbying and the faux claim that religious liberty was being lost. This tantrum will harm catholic justice and the credibility of the church for decades.