John Allen gets facts right but there's always an element of spin you don't quite see. Like in his other articles he gave clues how an intervention was received, or he indicate how additional commentary was being viewed. But he's written this as if Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos was speaking in a vacuum IMO.
If the proposal had been met with displeasure by the Synod Fathers, I get the impression Mr. Allen would have let us know that. The absence of such comments indicates either infiference or support. I suggest indifference.