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Isn't it strange how bishops (and cardinals) who hate the traditional Latin Mass will relent - only because they hate the SSPX more?
This would support your argument that without the continued growth of the SSPX, there would be no "indult" in the vast majority of dioceses.
Let's pray that the SSPX will continue to grow from strength to strength - forcing traditionalist-hating sodomite-sympathizers like Maida to make a more "wide and generous application of the Roman Missal of 1962".

=== Let's pray that the SSPX will continue to grow from strength to strength - forcing traditionalist-hating sodomite-sympathizers like Maida to make a more "wide and generous application of the Roman Missal of 1962".

Amen.

Maida opposed the lawsuit vigorously, and the legal effort ended when the Vatican ruled that with the death in 1994 of Thomas Marshall, the main signer of the complaint, the rest of signers of the petition to Rome had no standing to pursue the case.

John Paul II never had any sincere intent for a "wide and generous" offering of the Traditional Latin Mass. It is still not offered on the main altar of St. Peter' Basilica. JP II has never offered the TLM, as Pope, to my knowledge. His flamboyant World Youth Days have never introduced the TLM to young Catholics.

Ecclesia Dei was a straw man for his bogus attempt to silence the last remaining religious order of traditional priests.

Why ask bishops to offer a "wide and generous" application, when he, himself, does not? As a matter of fact, his "wild and crazy" Papal Masses have paved the way for even more radical alterations to the New Order Mass.

Isn't it strange how bishops (and cardinals) who hate the traditional Latin Mass will relent - only because they hate the SSPX more?

In this case I think you are wrong. The Cardinal was approached by a fairly young priest from a parish in one of the northern suberbs. The Cardinal told him to make his case and the priest did his homework. The Cardinal has actually been given a lot of flack from those under him and at one point had to say "I am the Bishop and it is my decision." He took the information the preist had provided and by the next Presbyteral Council Meeting had decided to give the Indult albeit in a very limited fashion. It is true that one of the reasons he used was because there are people going to Tridentine Masses within the diocese which are not approved but also because some travel to Canada and Flint which do have Indult Masses. Another reason was because this young priest made a good case for the Mass and it didn't hurt that there are 6 seminarians from his parish in the seminary.