[ninenot]

In addition, the SSPX has already said it will not return under the auspices of a separate "rite." It believes that such would convey a second-class status on the "true" Latin Rite liturgy.

In that case, screw 'em.

And it sort of fits with what we already know from UltRatio--doesn't it?

[ultima ratio]

First of all, this is bull. No one of authority has made any such statement. The Society has requested simply that Rome admit what is historically true: that the old Mass had never been abrogated by Rome and that consequently all priests had an inherent right to celebrate this Mass.

As for "screw 'em"--that works both ways. I have no wish to become a Protestant just to follow the pope. If he will not affirm his Catholicism in deed as well as in writings, and will not protect his people from spiritual dangers, then he must not be followed.