Rather, it is up to the Cardinals to get on board with Pope Francis.  The reason for the very existence of cardinals, began before the Second Lateran Council.  Pope Leo IX [1049-54], championed reform within the Church.  Leo surrounded himself with 'front-line bishops' who would accompany him as he went around the empire visiting the people.  These first cardinals made it clear to all that they submitted to the pope's authority in spiritual matters.

These four cardinals speak and act like 'temporal princes' instead.  They need to review what they should have learned in their seminarian theology/scripture courses about the Petrine trajectory.  Both St. Peter and Francis were/are unique figures.  The understanding of the office of the pope has undergone development and has taken different forms in different periods of history.

Both the doctrine and the long history of the church supports a more collegial form of government as a way for the Church to minister in the 21st Century.