[ultima ratio]

The following Roman canonists have publicly declared their finding that the excommunication of Archbishop Lefebvre and the SSPX bishops were null and void:

1. Castillo Cardinal Lara, J.C.D., President of the Pontifical Commission for Authentic Interpretation of Canon Law.

2. Edward Idris Cardinal Cassidy, President of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity.

3. Alfons Cardinal Stickler, former Prefect of Vatican Archives and Library.

4. Count Neri Cappaloni, D. Cn L., eminent canon lawyer who has argued many cases before the Apostolic Signatura, canon law professor at the University of Florence.

5. Fr. Patrick Valdini, J.C.D., Dean, Faculty of Canon Law at the University of Paris.

6. Dr. Karl-Theodor Geringer, J.C.D., University of Munich

There are a host of others. I am just scratching the surface--these are the most public.