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On the premise this is a real quote from the Pope, lets look at the three points, and see where the SSPX stands.

Firstly, the fact that the Society is asking to be received in audience by the Holy Father does not mean that it is on the point of betraying. If there is no contact between Tradition and Rome, now will the truth of Tradition ever make itself heard in Rome?

False dichotomy, the notion that Rome is opposed to Tradition is false. While many things in the outward appearances have changes, the underlying dogma, and doctrine have not. Furthermore, the Tradition of Priests and Bishops having obedience to the See, and maintaining close and frequent contact with Rome seems to be discarded by the SSPX.

Secondly, there being a contact does not mean that an agreement is possible. Let all the Catholics who dream of fitting together Catholic Tradition and the present neo-modernist authorities of the Church come back down to earth. Catholic Authority and Catholic Truth will one day re-unite, but nothing for the moment indicates that that day is tomorrow – or the day after!

Once again the thesis is that Rome is a tool of Satan, and not the Church Christ founded. This is a Lutheran tradition.

Lastly – and this is the subtlest trap of them all – let nobody think that because the Pope is of good will, therefore he cannot be a neo-modernist, or that because he is a neo-modernist, therefore he cannot be of good will. The present crisis of the Church would be much less grave and would deceive far fewer people if the neo-modernists were obviously of ill will. It is characteristic of these last times that bad principles are so widespread that few people are aware of the fact, and many people do evil convinced that they are doing good. That is why the Cardinal’s quotation is true to life in which he says that his “failure” of 1988 weighs “on his conscience”.

That is a true statement, that not all people are entirely bad, the converse is true, not all the SSPX leadership is acting entirely of good will. People make little empires, and the worst thing that could happen for the SSPX Episcopacy is they would be brought back into the Catholic Church and forced to hold regular positions like every single other Bishop.

This tragic tale needs to come to an end. Many souls shall not return to Catholicism because of this break, and that should be on the mind of every Bishop and Priests who left with the SSPX. I would be pleased to see widespread Tridentine Mass, as it is hard to find Priest willing to start Mass in new locations.

and the worst thing that could happen for the SSPX Episcopacy is they would be brought back into the Catholic Church and forced to hold regular positions like every single other Bishop.

And it is a good thing that you are not the Pope. I'm certain Pope Benedict XVI will do what he believes is the right thing to do. Then those of you who hate the SSPX ,and are more holy and more Catholic than the SSPX adherents (which I am not one), will be on firm ground doing nothing but grasping at straws and being uncharitable.