I hope Francis can put a fire under the feet of the bishops to GET REAL.  I can't believe he hasn't been briefed by other sources about what the ACP  have been doing/saying or about the state of the Church in Ireland.  

O'Hanlon's  idea that "God is missing but not missed"  is really off the mark  It assumes that God is only present in the forms presented/practiced by the Church.  But God is not missing and never has been.  He is with the priest speaking up, the women who feel frustrated, the  cultural, seasonal, observant, inspired and/or emancipated Catholics every good deed.  God doesn't fit in the Catholic "package" any more - if He ever did.