The US bishops do not speak "for the Church" as a whole.
So true...but even more to the point...the USSCB is a worthless organization which pretends to have any real canonical status and speak for the Church. I have a priest friend who says just as much. Of course, he's young and part of the new generation of clergy that is going to bury these old liberal fossil bishops.
I'll stick with the Pope himself and the authentic magisterium, thank you.
Thank you, and I'll join you there.
And I'll say an extra prayer tonight for your young priest, he'll need them!