I shall not claim that a contradiction exists. All that I wish to do is to state that I do not see how the traditional teaching and that of Dignitatis humanae can be reconciled, which is a fact, and to ask the Magisterium to clarify the matter.
Not exactly a proclamation of dissent.
No--not dissent. But characteristically, the Vatican does not explain how they may be reconciled. So what is really going on?
Michael Davies is a fine traditionalist. And it is true his temperament is more moderate and conciliatory than that of many other traditionalists. That is admirable--though he did get white-hot angry over the FSSP dustup with Rome and wrote a scathing and indignant letter to the Vatican's Ecclesia Dei Congregation that would put anything said on this site to shame for bitterness. But that said, for the most part his is a polemical voice of politeness. It is a matter of style, not substance. His critiques of the New Order Church have been devastating and disquieting. He has shown beyond a shadow of a doubt that Cranmer's gradual and insidious imposition of Protestant beliefs on Catholics in England five hundred years ago mirrors almost exactly what is happening today with the Novus Ordo.