Fr. Epiney and Bishop Roy are *not* telling the truth. Personally I believe they are repeating a lie they think is the truth. IMO, the reason they think it's the truth is because they think nothing of omitting the name of the pope in the Canon of the Mass themselves and have convinced themselves it is actually a sin to do so.
+ABL certainly understood that per Quo Primum and since Quo Primum, no priest (or bishop or pope) is free to choose which parts of the Roman Liturgy he wants to add or omit in the Canon of the Mass.
Priests, because they have knowledge of the crisis does not mean their knowledge qualifies them to choose to omit the name of the pope in the canon of the Mass, because the Church teaches that to do so is an act of schism, it is at the very least certainly breaking the Church's Law on the Roman Liturgy. But what they do not grasp is that the Mass not theirs and they are not permitted to change one word of it - period, lex orandi lex credendi.
+ABL knew he had no right to change a word of it and never did - they don't/can't/won't grasp this. I think by omitting the name of the pope, they changed their lex orandi, which gives them the lex credendi they have now.
Dear Stubborn,
The names of a pope or a bishop in the Canon of the Mass are just like the feast days of saints; movable (people die, some become new saints).
Canon XIII of the Seventh Session does not preclude the changes in the liturgy outside of the rites of the sacraments. One does not incur anathema by not putting the name of the pope or the bishop into the provided space. These men even in regular times can be out of Office ( the state of sedevacante). One does, however, incur anathema by putting the name of St. Joseph to an unchangeable Canon of the Mass. Pope John XXIII is under anathema of Trent and the wrath of Sts. Peter and Paul of Quo Primum.
This is the problem with the 1962 Missal, and Father Ratzinger knew this. That is why he was not only OK with the 1962 liturgy, but in "Summorum Pontificuм" he made sure that the Mass of Pope St. Pius V does not return.
Abp. Lefebvre imposed the 1962 liturgy on the SSPX. Did he ever say the new Mass? Did he "ordain" (God forbid!) a priest with a new rite of Order?
By the way, your statement that Fr. Pierre Epiney, who is the primary source of information, is "repeating a lie" is a defamation of a very holy priest, unless you have specific proof to the contrary. Bishop Pierre Roy, ordained by Bp. Williamson and consecrated by Bp. de Silva, who was ordained to the Priesthood by Bishop Williamson in 2017, is a valid Roman Catholic Bishop. We owe him at least the benefit of the doubt that he would not disseminate disinformation.
Casting doubts on the name, character, and reputation of true priests and bishops carries a heavy burden of proof for a lay Catholic.