the Holy Father had the courage to ..do away with the canonical sanctions that had been imposed on its bishops following their consecration in 1988.
And the four bishops had the cowardice and selfishness
to accept the removal of their sanctions, without the removal of the excommunication against Abp. Lefebvre and Bishop de Castro Mayer.
If they were real mean they would have said they preferred to remain falsely excommunicated with the Abp. & Bp., than to be "pardoned" without them.
If any of the four SSPX bishops declined the "pardon" I stand corrected in my observation concerning them. I am not aware of any who did decline the pardon.