This is significant that Bp. Fellay signed this.

It must mean his "dialogue channel" with newChurch is in need of serious repair.

Alternately, it could be the first foray of a more cohesive offensive ala "The enemy of my enemy..."

Politically speaking, it would be pretty savvy; what would he really have to lose? What would "Rome" do, excommunicate them again?

He'd have to be pretty bloody stupid, presuming that this isn't just another ruse w/in a ruse, to not know that he's just going to continue to be jerked around like L unless something decisive is done to turn the tide.

Plus he'd save, if not regain, face in the halls of "acronymia"

The fact that Cardinal Burke did not sign it, may be due to his view of the situation being different , as someone has already mentioned on the thread. He may not have signed it because it would admit that the Pope had fallen into heresy, and that Burke believes that Francis would automatically lose his office. 

So it shows that there is not one remedy for dealing with a Pope who teaches heresy. There are differing views, because the Church doesn't not have a set teaching on it. 

The Rorate article says that many Catholics, even trads will, belittle this effort. Well, if so, then it's just being realistic, since it's unlikely that Francis will be too worried about it. The Rorate article also says that this is just a first step of a theological nature, and that it will lead, God willing, to an initiative a canonical nature from those who have a mandate to act. But who are those who have a mandate to act? Rorate doesn't say. There have been no Cardinals or even bishops who have backed this effort by contributing, that we know of, to the writing of the letter. Bishop Fellay signed it, but that's not the same thing as helping to write it. 

It seems to me, that unless there is an effort by bishops and cardinals, then this effort will not go anywhere. Priests, educators, and laymen don't really have much authority to really do anything that will stick. Unless they are hoping to get the bishops and cardinals motivated to do something with this letter. I doubt that will happen, but I could be wrong.

I suppose it's a good thing that Bishop Fellay signed it, but it would have been better if he had confronted Francis directly, as he should have.

I would consider not responding digging in his heretical heels. Good.
I was just reading a Hillary White thing on the Remnant about how the NO Mass is the mass of a "new religion." Really? I believe Archbishop Lefebvre said similar about the Conciliar Church as a "new religion."
And yet this guy is pope, and all the popes since Paul VI worshipping God in their "new religion" were popes of the One Church, the One True Religion, the Holy Roman Catholic Church. Huh?
We're all puppies who must have our noses rubbed in the mess until we are trained to go "outside." Takes longer with some - I'm a slow learner myself, for example. As time goes by, it is becoming clearer and clearer what the Conciliar Church is.
You go, Frankie boy!!!

You lost me at Hilarious White man, but I hear you. Given time, Frank could open a "Ba'al's BBQ and Real Baby Back Rib Shack" and it wouldn't even blip; they'd hand out coupons at their "services">

I've noticed over time that actually Catholic women say less the more they hear, or perhaps it's the other way round.

I can almost hear them biting their tongues sometimes, but I appreciate the mortification and feebly try to emulate it.

OH, before this tempts one to break said silence, yeah we get it; you hear more because you're not talking so much.

Tracking.

This is very good if Frankie doesn't retract. If he does retract this heresy, or these heresies, we go back to where we were?

Short of a full conversion and rejection of the Conciliar religion by Frankie - yeah, right - the best thing that could happen is he dig in his heretical heels. Which is the likely result, so . . .

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We ought to expect more of the same from Francis.
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He has already shown that he pays no attention to dissenters or challengers, and continues dishing out more novelty and headlines.
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He no doubt has a whole list of projects in the works, and we haven't seen the worst of them yet.
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As for the label "Pope," Francis has not yet referred to himself as "Pope." 
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He always has said he is the "bishop of Rome." 
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No "Pontiff" or "Sovereign Pontiff" or "Holy Father" or "Supreme Pontiff" or even "Chief Shepherd."
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Just "bishop of Rome."   (but he doesn't use incense very much)
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Agreed. It's hard to imagine what Francis would have to do in order to incur the wrath of the liberal media and nominal Catholics who don't have proper formation. I suspect that it would involve saying something totally Catholic and non-ambiguous.

I don't know either miss/ma'am, but in order to sustain said wrath I do know what he would have to be.

The aforementioned hardly seem anything other than consistently thrilled with "His Holiness", save the odd bump and kerfuffle thrown in for effect.

So...  Does this mean that "formal corrections" are nothing more than petitions?