[Desdemona]

Are there ANY controls over who gets ordained?

It's controlled locally. What we see here is the legacy of one Cardinal Bernardin, who was the "seamless garment" guy. While he was alive NOTHING in terms of doing it right got done. If half the rumors about him are true, the man was vile. He had more influence than the pope for some reason.

Now that the little dissenters aren't getting their way anymore, they are squealing like there's no tomorrow. This what we are seeing. In time, as the pope is replacing apostacy with orthodoxy by attrition, it will all fade quite a bit. In the meantime, the dissenters can complain all they want. It doesn't change anything.

[Taliesan]

In time, as the pope is replacing apostacy with orthodoxy by attrition,

I suppose that is better than nothing. An alternate approach would be to replace apostacy with orthodoxy by fiat.