I'm surprised Bp. Athanasius Schneider didn't join them.
Well, Louie Verrecchio has already noticed in his open letter to Bishop Schneider commenting on his essay about Amoris Laetitia:
You made multiple calls for an authentic interpretation of AL:
(...)
And yet, in spite of this, you state:
“However, realistically speaking, it is insufficient to say that AL should be interpreted according to the traditional doctrine and practice of the Church.”
If I may say, I suspect that this glaring contradiction concerning the usefulness of mere interpretations arises not out of any genuine confusion on your part about what really needs to be done, but out of a reluctance to do it.
It is easy for us to sit in an armchair saying he should or this or that, but the fact that mostly retired cardinals signed the letter says volumes. Francis already showed in his dealings with Franciscans of the Immaculate that he can ruthlessly supress any opposition. Don't get me wrong, it is appalling that so few members of the Novus Ordo hierarchy are vocal about their resistance, but they risk a lot.
Plus, as Ladislaus says, such a resistence is in fact 50+ years late. What Cardinal Burke and others are doing is trying to fight symptoms of the disease rather than the disease itself - Vatican II and its subjective approach to truth.