Here’s being privy to all the details.
Brazil is a huge Catholic country with tons of Tradition minded Catholics. Chapels for Tradition are in at least half the states. But most of those chapels don’t even have a normal monthly mass.
Did you happen to see how many times Bishop Williamson came to Brazil? Specifically to the Holy Cross Monastery? At least 5 times I met him there. Each time he was doing Episcopal things. At first he came to confirm the faithful. Tons of faithful. My wife was one of them. I was there.
Then, finally, he gave Brazil a bishop and we thought the situation would improve!
It has not! And I can guess why!
Everytime a group of two or three priests form, the split up. Break apart and even leave the country sometimes.
The first to do this after the resistance was Fr. Cardozo. But this was preceded by the then Fr. Thomas Aquinas splitting with the other Benedictines and the SSPX….why? Was it principle or was it because Bishop De Galerretta was not someone the Holy Cross Monastery wanted to submit to? Fair enough. I can understand that. But when the pattern is that the Holy Cross Monastery gets along with almost no other priests and only asserts authority, I check out.
By their fruits you will know them. Well, they aren’t doing a good job getting the sacraments to Brazil in my opinion. And what I mean is that Brazil needs a coordinated group of priests. Not one bishop banning other priests from offering Mass to the Faithful.