All the norms LOVE Pope Francis; he is a big hit with the regular pew dwellers.  Most Catholics have better things to do than fixate on this minutia.  They don't watch EWTN and probably don't know who Burke is.  My parents didn't until I showed them the pictures.  If you asked them, they would probably say they are happy that their remarried friends can receive Communion but they only will talk about it if it is on the news or it affects someone they love.  I'm shocked by the amount of hyperventilating over AL by the Catholic Internets vs. the little impact it has had on the ground.  Go to something like a wedding forum or a divorce forum and there is literally no examples of AL impacting a divorcee in a positive manner.  Most Catholics don't care about the debate because it doesn't impact them but if you asked them they would side with Pope Francis because they feel bad for remarried people denied Communion.