Your wish is about to be fulfilled, I believe. Soon. Benedict does not act of late like a man who presumes he has lots of time. Look for him to start bustin' some (mitred) heads...in an ecclesiastical sense, of course!
All this hoopla is giving me fond memories of Always Our Children...do any of you remember that wonderful pastoral letter?
http://www.usao.edu~facshateri/catholic/always.htm
A good response from Bishop Bruskewitz
http://www.wf-f.org/alwaysourchldspr98.html
Another good article...
http://aquinas-multimedia.com/catherine/aoc.html
I remember at the time how this pastoral letter was being heavily promoted at my (then)parish (Rochester diocese).