There are pockets of renewal that have occurred, absolutely faithful to what Vat II was meant to achieve, brought about by creative and imaginative priests and a handful of excellent bishops of that era, and open, receptive and enthusiastic laity.  Francis, with all his faults and the limitations of the flawed institution, is attempting to set the wayward old train back on the tracks.  I have hope that he and future successors will be more successful than the pope's who followed Vat II with such revisionism.