[sinkspur]

"Under these circumstances, he asked, why could there not be two rites in the West?"

Because Williamson and Fellay feel that a separate rite would relegate them and the Tridentine Rite to a second-class status.

They don't want a separate rite; they want to supplant the Novus Ordo.

[narses]

And Abp. Weakland and his minions want to eliminate the Tridentine Rite. So what? A Universal Indult is coming. Smile Sink. It is a good thing.

[ultima ratio]

Your comment is nonsense. The two-rite solution would be acceptable. I'm certain if the Tridentine Mass were approved, its attendance would quadruple within a few years. There has been a culture war whirling around the imposition--brutally--of the Novus Ordo and an attempt to destroy traditional Catholicism. That was at the heart of the dispute over Econe. If Rome stops attacking and makes peace, why should we not also stop fighting? But traditionalists would need guarantees Rome will not go back on its word. There is a lot of mistrust on both sides and Rome has all the power. What SSPX has is the ancient faith.

By the way, the traditional Mass is not exactly the Mass of Pius V. He only codified it. It goes back to the fifth century, so it is much much older than is generally understood. Its development was organic and goes back at least 1500 years. Novus Ordo, by contrast, was fabricated by Roman bureaucrats (and six Protestant advisors) in the late sixties and is barely three decades old.