The what does a 180?
He can't proclaim anyone anything anyway so I wouldn't worry about it. That reminds me, though -- would those in SSPX and others, those who believe that the sedevacantist conclusion somehow transgresses by positing an invisible Church, like to tell me how the real Church can canonize fake saints? The canonizations of the likes of Mother Theresa are inexplicable if this is the real Church. I wonder why more people don't use this argument. It's near-unassailable
The only objection that I am preparing to hear from Caminus is that "Canonizations aren't infallible..." To keep Benedict as Pope, Caminus, do you notice that you have to keep chipping away at the Church, at its power and dignity? Of course if CM were here saying that canonizations are fallible, and that that is why BoD heretics like St. Alphonsus were canonized, you would disagree vehemently. So I wonder how you would explain the, er, "canonization" of Mother Theresa.
Who are the ones really indirectly insulting the Church here, is it really the sedes? Is it worse to have a borderline invisible Church than to have a sham that is clinging to the cliff-edge by the tips of its fingers, and which is essentially deprived of grace? Not that I believe it is clinging to the cliff-edge, mind you -- whatever it is that sits in Rome has fallen off the cliff, it's just that the body hasn't been discovered yet.