Or maybe, this is a fruit of Vatican II in that lay people (however I’m/perfectly do not have dog in that fight) are empowered to speak their faith without needing clergy to hide behind when the world gets mad. You want empowered, evangelical lay men, well that comes with copping the slings and arrows like the clergy do all the damn time. Besides, no one other than very online Catholics will care that much of the Bishops say or don’t say anything. The secular press won’t either even the very online. We’ll all forget this next week anyway.