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My problem with Williamson is that he has a tendency to buy into quasi-paranoid conspiracy theories, has some nonsensical ideas about contemporary women, and is less realistic than Fellay. The problem is he is feeling more and more isolated from Rome and would not feel at home should a rapprochement occur. Fellay and the others would fit in, he wouldn't. So he has a vested interest in staying put. At the same time, it's true that Modernism is not yet a fully spent force. Things may have to get worse before they get better--i.e., before Rome starts looking to get back to basics.

What complicates the situation psychologically is that those who have found a haven from the storm with the SSPX have grown comfortable with the situation. We have mixed feelings about "regularization". There is fear that the security we have found will be lost, that the Novus Ordo establishment will exert influence with Rome to crush the movement. People have been content with the present situation which allows them to raise their kids in old-fashioned orthodoxy.

Change is always unsettling and introduces an element of danger. This is why trust is essential. As it is, Rome has not yet demonstrated it can really be trusted, especially since the Vatican is still largely the provence of modernists even now. Nothing has happened to make traditionalists feel more secure as far as I can see. Yes, the Pope has issued a new encyclical--but the same apostates hold high positions and the same liberal thinking holds sway among most western bishops.

What complicates the situation psychologically is that those who have found a haven from the storm with the SSPX have grown comfortable with the situation. We have mixed feelings about "regularization".

I have noticed the same thing. In the end, this is why I got out after Bishop Fellay was elected Superior General. I remember the Archbishop saying, and the SSPX hierarchy always reassuring us, that one of the main proofs that the SSPX were not schismatic is that the bishops were not permitted to hold any of the superior offices within the SSPX, etc... This was drilled into our heads. When the SSPX reversed itself on this key point after the Archbishop's death, I knew where this was going. I thank God for giving me the grace to get out before my family got comfortable with the schismatic situation.