Bishop Fellay stands firmly behind the See of Peter

Bishop Fellay has given a rousing harangue to the troops, assembled on the deck of the Barque of Peter, as if before the battle of Lepanto amid the fluttering of pennants against the darkening skies and the distant shouts of the Church's enemies. He proves once again where the loyalties of the SSPX are, and proves the mettle of the men who serve the Pope in times of need and always have.

The Church’s situation increasingly resembles a sea that is agitated in all directions. We see waves and more waves, which seem to be about to capsize the bark of Peter and drag it into the endless abyss. Since the Second Vatican Council, it seems that a wave has been trying to carry off everything into the deep, leaving only a heap of ruins, a spiritual desert, that the popes themselves have called an apostasy. We do not want to describe this harsh reality again; we have already so often done, and all of you can see that it is so. Still, to us it seems useful to comment somewhat on the events of the past months; I want to speak about the surprisingly violent and particularly well-orchestrated blows that have been dealt to the Church and the Supreme Pontiff. Why such violent attacks?

Father Z has already given his comments on this most recent statement by Archbishop Fellay, yet he calls it a change of perspective.

It's certainly a far cry from what was thought about Bishop Fellay in 2008 when he was accused of "snubbing" Rome. If anyone's perspective is changing, it's the perspective of those who've traditionally attacked the SSPX.

Now that the chips are down, it's been the SSPX who've stood by the Papacy and the Church, as Father Schmidberger did earlier this year.

If anyone has changed their perspective it hasn't been the SSPX, it's been detractors of the SSPX who've had to change their perspectives.