It’s not about Papal infallibility. It’s about obedience. While I wouldn’t say they aren’t Catholic, I wouldn’t say they are correct.
Nobody has been unjustly excommunicated in the SSPX. They ordained bishops without permission. That is a schismatic act. They will claim necessity. The Pope is the arbiter of necessity so they lose there too. Read Pastor Aeternus.
Yes, perhaps they arent ‘correct’ as you put it.
But it is not like Marcel Lefebrve woke up one day and decided to go into schism.
The Church (and yes…that means John Paul II at the time…a great Pope no doubt…but hes not perfect) unfairly restricted the Tridentine Rite. Both the Church
and the SSPX are at fault.
The Church unjustly refused Lefebrve his requests to ordain Bishops.
It unjustly denied the SSPX Seminary (before the excomunication) the recognition it deserved as a beacon of Tradition.
It unjustly claims that the Tridentine Rite ‘needs’ permission to celebrate. And this talk of the Universal Indult only adds insult to that injury. The “Universal Indult” can be called the “Universal Insult” instead. The insult to all the followers of the Tridentine Mass…a reminder that their liturgy is under persecution.
What the Vatican did and is still doing…is demanding obedience to unjust acts.
Im a Catholic in full communion with Rome. It is not my place to claim wether an excomunication is in effect or not.
But Rome did commit a crime to Tradition, and the Catholic Church as a whole treats the SSPX very badly even today.
A valid crime (if there is such a thing) is still a crime.
Rome
did have the authority to suppress seminarians who wished to be ordained in the Traditional Rite by not granting permission to ordain bishops. Rome had the legitimate authority…but it was still wrong regardless.
And now Rome wants the SSPX to apologize.
Funny world isnt it.
JPII apolgizes to Jews, Muslims, protestants and all sorts of heretics.
But doesnt apologize to his orphaned children.
The Concilar Church put Tradition up for adoption.
Im just glad Pope Benedict is trying to get those orphans back…