In Philadelphia, we go door-to-door to invite the fallen away back.
The problem is that fallen away Catholics view the Church as too conservative! They want their divorce, birth control, female priests etc etc etc.
Well, they aren't really Catholics then, are they?
Ultimately, Bishop O'Malley is just shrugging his shoulders...maybe he figures "let them go to Hell."
They know the truth and they reject it. What is the Bishop supposed to do? Compell them by force to attend Mass?
The return of fallen away Catholics is something that is up to God, not man.
We're obligated evangelize as you apparently do in Philly, the "ecumenical spirit" and laziness have neutralized us. Ecumenism undermines our very attempts to bring Catholics back home.
Well, they aren't really Catholics then, are they?
I'm verrrry leery of performing lay-excommunications, that is the specialty of the neo-Catholics.
Not sure what the Bishop is supposed to do, besides granting universal indult of the Tridentine Mass. Overall, though, closing 25% of the Novus Ordo parishes is an excellent start to returning to Tradition. Maybe this is his plan.