text: Yes.  I think you have stated the root problem of the Catholic Church.
  A late uncle, by marriage, of mine had a sampler of embroidery made to order and hung on the wall of the house.  It stated, "The opinions of the husband of this household are not necessarily those of the management."
  
  The opinions of a large number of Bishops of our Church are not, nor have been, necessarily those of large numbers of its members, present and gone, many of whom were/are cradle Catholics.  Therefore, we have ceased being a cohesive group whether in USA or worldwide.  We are not our grandmothers' church.
  
  One can not expect an unthinking norm of obedience sans input to be static over the course of the two generations who have experienced formal educations and a worldwide information/communication explosion of incredible magnitude compared to their grandparents/great-grandparents. 
  
  Downton Abbey and Follett's "Fall of the Giants" are the secular allegories for the RCC, at least in developed countries.