Actually the silence on many fronts is a sign that the bulk of the cardinals AREN'T behind fRANCIS at all.

Dissenting priests, of course, will take silence as consent, and that may make them feel good in their pride and disobedience, but after this pope another will come, one with more intellectual force and faithfulness to the Church's Tradition.

The current one is trying to "slide everything in" discreetly.   

The effects will be short-lived.

The winds will soon change.