[Uncle Chip]

Did this DVD mention that Rome said back in the early 1960's that homosexuals, even chaste ones, were not to be ordained to the priesthood ... and the American bishops ignored that directive?

If the American bishops can ignore the directives of the Vatican magisterium on a matter as important as this, then why should the people in the pews trust either of them with matters of even greater importance?

[Campion]

If the American bishops can ignore the directives of the Vatican magisterium on a matter as important as this, then why should the people in the pews trust either of them with matters of even greater importance?

I don't think anyone should blindly trust either group. I place trust in the promises of Christ to his church, and then I place trust in the Scriptures, and then I read Hebrews 13:17, which commands obedience to Church authority (when it's being exercised lawfully).

There's no room for blind trust, and no need for it, either.