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Your assumptions are the merest gossip.

When I hear the exact same thing directly from various SSPX clergy of different ideological positions, some of whom are Superiors, then yes I assume that whatever that thing happens to be is going on in the SSPX. Don't presume to know my contacts of what information I'm acting upon.

As for the Williamson thing, no I wasn't wrong. He was placed in Williamson's sphere or influence.

You were dead wrong on Williamson. You had said Aulingnier had been deliberately placed under his wing. This was false and you should at least have the grace to admit it. As to whether or not Father Aulignier is right and Bishop Fellay wrong--the issue is moot. Your position seems to be that if reconciliation is desired now, it is the correct stance since this is what the Vatican wants. But that is not the way to look at it. The situation is dangerous and could destroy the only effective counter to modernism left in the Catholic Church. The Pope has sent some signals, true. But an encyclical is not enough. Nor are meaningless p.r. gestures. There is still no real action on Rome's part to rein-in wayward bishops and priests, nor to protect Tradition. Besides, timing is everything. Too soon, and the SSPX falls into a modernist trap, putting Tradition itself in jeopardy. Too late, and reconciliation is lost.

I notice neither you nor NYer do anything but praise Father Aulignier. He becomes a good and devout priest in your eyes because he wants reconciliation now, immediately. Bishop Fellay is a bad priest because his moves are more cautious. This is utter nonsense. I notice Father Aulignier has not resigned and is just as much a part of the SSPX resistance as ever. How is it he is "good" whereas everybody else--including people like myself who admire the SSPX--are "schismatic" or "Nazi sympathizers" or "women-haters"? You might at least make some effort at consistency. The truth is, most SSPX priests are sincerely devout and scholarly. All are well-trained theologically and know the issues at stake. All want to halt the spread of modernism and return to a true Catholic tradition. They recognize the over-arching conflict is for the soul of the Catholic Church. Rome's genuine conversion, therefore, and nothing else, should ultimately determine when and whether there is a "reconciliation" during the lifetime of this Pope.