Thanks Centro, Benzel, etc. I think this explains a lot.
Fr. Cardozo doesn't just LEAN TOWARDS sedevacantism, he IS sedevacantist!
Isn't that interesting -- that he is now buddy-buddy with Fr. Pfeiffer? I thought Fr. Pfeiffer protested (too much) that he's not sedevacantist? They seem to get along famously now. Their doctrine is one and the same.
All the evidence points to Fr. Pfeiffer not just leaning towards sedevacantism, but BEING a sedevacantist (and ecclesiavacantist) as well. The only "evidence" against this are his own protestations. But as Shakespeare one said, "Methinks he doth protest too much."
Fr. Pfeiffer teaching his flock to not be Sedevacantist WHILE promoting criticism of Bishop Williamson's famous "Mahopac, NY" conference (where +W gave that infamous advice to the old women attending the Novus Ordo) is cognitive dissonance if I ever saw it. It's positively Orwellian.
It's like he's training the minds of his disciples to be flexible and accept contradiction, so they will always accept whatever he says. There has to be some cult-leader psychology going on there.
Saying the Conciliar Church is heretical (full stop), with no qualifications, or that it has CEASED to be the Catholic Church in any way, is the exact same position of the sedevacantists. Or refusing to mention the name of the Pope, that's a pretty clear-cut red line.
See, eventually Fr. Pfeiffer will embrace his sedevacantism. It's the position he wants, it's the position for his "game" and his temperament. He loves having the people to himself, eliminating most other competition, he likes the "catacombs" atmosphere, he likes the black & white, simplistic, emotional position -- sedevacantism has his name written all over it.
And by his doctrine, he is already partway there. His followers sound EXACTLY like the Sedevacantists in their criticism of +Williamson, and even what they criticize! and in many cases they are already united. They already cut & paste each other's "open letters" against the good bishop, and promote them to each other's mailing lists.
It's only a matter of time. Perhaps economics or numbers will force Fr. Pfeiffer at some point. Perhaps the need of a bishop for his seminary (which is Fr. Pfeiffer's FIRST priority; God is somewhat lower on his priority list) will push him. But give him a couple more years, and he'll be a full-blown, admitted sedevacantist.