I agree on the "public pressure"strategy....Think Francis is no where near as free as we think he is to "clean house" ....has Benedict living down the road, has Benedict appointments at CDF and elsewhere, and is attempting a huge task in terms of synods....think we should be praying for him often...

Even canning Burke has been an ongoing hassle and there are a lot of  Curial types who are "more Burke than Francis...." and have deep interests in maintaining the status quo....

Francis has consistently used the Christmas event to chastise these guys but he has also many many times from Casa Marta masses and innumerable other cites critiqued clericalism...and hierarchical intransigence...this is by no means the only public strategy he has used...

I admit giving these guys a book, Tricks to Cure the Sickness of the Soul....is a bit obvious...