Absolutely right, Steven.  Theologians [today many if not most] are members of the laity.  They don't MAKE the laws in the church.  Cardinal Burke has been 'picking away' at Francis' initiatives since before the first synod on the family in the fall of 2014.  Just one example of this was when he came to Steubenville, Ohio and spoke with a group of people at Franciscan University there, giving a negative thrust to the whole content and process.  Burke has also, put the blame of many changes in the church on the "Feminization" of the Church.  MAYBE, he's blaming Francis for that as well.