[sinkspur]

If one studies the case of the archbishop as well, you will realize that JPII never actually directly ordered the archbishop not to consecrate bishops. He cajoled, appealed and pleaded but never actually commanded.

The names of episcopal candidates are submitted to Rome, and Rome approves them. That's how it's been done for a hundred years, in most every diocese and country of the world.

The fact that JPII never approved a single one of these men indicates that ordaining them was, at the very least, illicit.

Lefebvre knew he was jumping off a cliff with these ordinations.

[Gerard.P]

The names of episcopal candidates are submitted to Rome, and Rome approves them. That's how it's been done for a hundred years, in most every diocese and country of the world. The fact that JPII never approved a single one of these men indicates that ordaining them was, at the very least, illicit.

Multiple lists were sent to Rome and they were all constantly rejected. LeFebvre knew at the end that Rome would never approve of a strong traditional priest. That's how LeFebvre knew they were simply waiting for him to die. Since there is no doctrine of irresistibility in regards the Pontiff and it is obvious he was not upright in the Faith just as Peter was. LeFebvre was fully in line with tradition for his resistance.

Lefebvre knew he was jumping off a cliff with these ordinations.

What LeFebvre knew and is now painfully obvious to the whole world is that JPII and the rest of his curia had long ago gone over the cliff as far as being upright in the faith is concerned. God will not be mocked with Canon Laws being abused against LeFebvre.