It is clear that Pope Francis wants to let us live and survive. He even said, to those who want to hear him, that he would never harm the Fraternity.… - Bernard Fellay

We both agree that there are already a number of practical provisions in place that make schism practically impossible. That is, in practice, in our everyday actions, we express and show Rome our submission, the fact that we recognise these authorities, and this not only at Mass, not only by naming the Pope and the local bishop in the canon of the Mass, but also in other ways. There is the example of the Pope himself, who has given us the power to hear confessions. There are also legal acts: it is a little complicated to explain, but it can happen that a priest commits canonical crimes, and in such cases we refer to Rome, which grants us the faculty and sometimes even requires us to issue a judgement on such cases. So these are really normal relationships. It is not just a matter of jurisdiction over confessions, there is a whole range of things involved.

Con Papa Francesco non si vede questo attaccamento né alla liturgia, né alla disciplina antica, si potrebbe anche dire che è proprio il contrario, manifestato tramite molte affermazioni contrarie, ed è questo che rende ancora più difficile, più complicata la comprensione di tale benevolenza. Penso che ci siano almeno diverse spiegazioni possibili, ma confesso di non avere l'ultima parola in questione. Una delle spiegazioni è lo sguardo di papa Francesco su tutto ciò che è messo ai margini, ciò che chiama le 'periferie esistenziali'. Non mi stupirebbe che ci considerasse come una di queste periferie alle quali dona palesemente la sua preferenza.

We have never said that the Council directly professed heresies. But the wall of protection against error was removed, and thus error was allowed to manifest itself. The faithful need protection. This is the constant struggle of the militant Church to defend the faith.