[Thorondir]

So is Cardinal Ratzinger saying that VII is in error?

[ultima ratio]

No, he is confirming that it is in disagreement with Tradition. Now we are contending with what this means. Why do you suppose the Church is in such turmoil--a turmoil reflected in microcosm by the conflicts on this website? You have Catholics who are traditionalists and Catholics who are not--and they inhabit alternate universes. The Pope has been trying to make these opposites into one entity. It is impossible. The preconciliar Church and the Novus Ordo Church are not reconcilable.