"...the bishops discussed some very important issues affecting the church and American society. How much progress they made is another issue..." What don't they get?
GODLIKENESS is 'Common Ground Insight' searching well-being; the process of Word/Light/Love, of  harmonic energy directed in authentic work of Eucharist, what is work of well-being. 'Godlikeness' is commitment of people of good-will by way of intentional communication/ informed consciousness/ committed conscience.
Authenticity, the meeting of minds in the work of com-munion, is the outcome of mutual 'understanding' (hypostasis). Hypostatic Union is the harmony of  WORD (faith), LIGHT (hope), and LOVE (Com-munion) - what Godlikeness is about.
WHO and HOW can anyone disagree with that?