Kasper had been debunked
By whom? Certainly not the pope who chose him to be the sole speaker before the last consistory. After a number of cardinals objected to parts of his talk, the pope later referred to his "serene" theology, or some such ridiculousness. Cardinal Maradiaga, head of the pope's inner circle of eight, castigated Cardinal Muller of the CDF, publically, for being too strict on the question of communion for the divorced/remarried. The pope should rebuke Kaspar and Maradiaga...but we may have to wait on that.