Kind of reminds me of the "Tale of the Grand Inquisitor" within Dostoyevsky's great novel "The Brothers Karamozov."
Keeping in mind that Karamozof was of the Russian Orthodox heretical "church," he came from the perspective that the Latin/Roman Church had abandoned fidelity to Christ after the 7th ecuмenical Council, and from that point had proceeded to serve it's own ends (e.g., political and worldly influence and focus).
So in the book, Karamozov builds this "Tale" in which Jesus is taken prisoner by the Grand Inquisitor, who himself resents Our Lord's appearance on Earth at that time.
He goes on to tell Our Lord that "We have long since abandoned you..."
In essense, Our Lord's way was too hard, so the Cardinals knowingly abrogated the teachings of Christ, and instead became focused on worldly influence, affairs, and this in turn accounts for their hatred of Christ's presence (i.e., it stands as a reminder to the people that they have deviated from their intended vocations).
Much the same as the SSPX stands as a reminder that the real, present Romans have similarly abdicated, in favor of a new gospel of liberation theology, focused on social, political, and economic "justice," rather than heaven, hell, death, and judgment.
Interesting parallels indeed.
But now you know why Rome cannot leave the SSPX be.
FWIW, Bishop Fulton Sheen stated that the Tale of the Grand Inquisitor was one of the three best accounts of the coming of the anti-christ ever written (alongside Lord of the World by Msgr Benson, and Solovyov's "Brief account of the anti-christ"). All very relevent and worth reading; you will see elements of all three in today's Church and world.
The Grand Inquisitor declared to Our Lord, "Tomorrow we will have an "auto de fe" and I will burn you at the stake.
Modern Rome has done as much to all the former trads who have entered into communion with her as well.
Error cannot tolerate truth, as it presents an instability to the illusion that the emperor is clothed, and once that is perceived by the masses, the perpetuity of error is threatened.
Rome must crush the SSPX for the survival of modernism, or failing that, it must convert the SSPX to modernism.