The American press thinks that the USA is so important to the universal church. THE USA is a drop in the bucket of the 1 BILLON Catholics in the world. My guess is the American Cardinals are being told to sit down and keep ther mouths shut at the concalve.. It was the US Bishops that gave us the HOMOSEXUAL scandal in the church, have bankrupted multiple dioceses to pay for the lawsuits, new age BS, lesbians wanting to be priests, and a GAY culture in the Catholic Church
I totally agree with your take re: American catholic priests and bishops and such---
I do know that a few from here will be at the conclave and helping to choose the next Pope, but like you said, they better not try to stick out at all...they should be glad the Vatican is letting any Americans attend after the last few years, although,
if the sex abuse was happening here in the USA, doncha kinda think it is happening elsewhere, also?