Ping
One of the great ironies of Bergoglio’s papacy in general and his war on the TLM in particular is that it’s had the effect of making the SSPX look like prophets. Frankly, I disagree with their Superior General’s assertion that this was all inevitable. I don’t believe that it had to be this, and I don’t believe that it would have been this way if Ratzinger had stuck it out and reigned these last 9 years. But he didn’t, and the SSPX sees itself as vindicated, They get to wave over to the Ecclesia Dei groups and say, “See? Told ya so. We said that it was all a trap, and it was. We said that they’d shut down the TLM as soon as they could, and they’re doing it.”
He’s right, however, that the Ecclesia Dei groups face a time of choosing. They can drink Bergoglio’s Kool-Aid and opt for institution suicide. Or they can resist and defy him to his face.