Where are the ‘worthy Catholics’ then? Are theY here?-—> “All active and retired bishops in the United States and the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands — diocesan, coadjutor, and auxiliary — are members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops USCCB.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_Catholic_bishops_of_the_United_States
“National Catholic Reporter” is not a Catholic periodical. It is an anti-Catholic dissenting rag full of yellow journalism masquerading as a Catholic periodical. No one who wants to be taken seriously by Catholics quotes from its pages approvingly.