From what I have heard, after BXVI left it cooled a lot.
Francis isn’t as open to talking with the LCMS as Benedict was. I have heard a lot of things, but most are rumors, as to why.
Simply put, the hold up isn’t theology, it is philosophy.
“From what I have heard, after BXVI left it cooled a lot.”
Actually the LCMS didn’t approach the pope about these talks until a few months ago. Pope Benedict had been out of office for about 8 or 9 months by that point.