While you are correct about the USCCB and its leftist tendencies, i believe that it is actually a “canonical organization” inasmuch as national conferences are addressed specifically by canon law.
Thanks, I didn’t realize that. I understood that they were basically improvised, so to speak, and didn’t have any official standing other than what they gave themselves. Perhaps that was their origin, and they were later regulated?
If so, exactly what are their duties and powers?