Don’t get too carried away ...
Bp. Walter Sullivan retired years ago, and the Dreadful Diocese of Richmond is still pretty dreadful. I have found a few really good spots, though. There’s hope. The recovery just won’t be visible overnight.
For one thing, the music was better.
For another, nobody pitched a fit when I received on the tongue.
Brick by brick.
Be patient. The longer a 'progressive' bishop has served in a particular diocese, the more damage inflicted. Here in the Dioceses of Albany and Rochester, the two bishops (former seminarians) have altered the catholic culture over the span of 30+ years. Any incoming bishop will have to take a gradual approach, so as not to lose the catholic community already in place. The predecessors of these two bishops were also progressive; IOW, future bishops will be confronted with 3 generations educated in that mindset. There is still a healthy body of (underground) catholics waiting for a restoration of orthodox catholicism in our respective dioceses. They have been waiting a long time. Our prayer is that Pope Benedict XVI will still be here to appoint the successors.
**The recovery just won’t be visible overnight.**
This is true. Look at how many years that Cardinal Mahony has been in LA. It will take a long time to undo some of Mahony’s stuff.