I can’t imagine what the Pope was thinking when he deciding to start embracing this band of nutcases. And I don’t want to hear about how it’s just a few atypical wackos within SSPX who are spouting this crap. If the SSPX leadership didn’t sympathize with their views, they’d be promptly expelled from the organization when they spout this crap.
You wrote:
“I can’t imagine what the Pope was thinking when he deciding to start embracing this band of nutcases.”
I can. I think it went something like this:
“I will be merciful and lift the excommunications even though they don’t deserve it. After all, Christ has forgiven all the world’s sins - including my own - and we certainly didn’t deserve that.”