Excerpt from a Conference of Archbishop Lefebvre in Angers, France (1980):
[He understood the division sedes inevitably and invariably cause...just as they do here on CI, and did not seem to feel the same need to give the sedes a public platform]:
Nice selective "point in time" snapshot in an attempt to characterize Archbishop Lefebvre. In point of fact, it's well known that the Archbishop was very optimistic after the election of Karol Wojtyla ... as a change from the hostile Montini regime.
But at the time of Assisi, the Archbishop turned back the other way and speculated publicly that he might have to go sedevacantist as a result of that blasphemy.
It's very well known that the Archbishop went back and forth on this question, from being against it but tolerating it (I do not say he is not the pope but do not say that you cannot say he's not the pope) to being against it (here) to being THIS close to publicly embracing it at the time of Assisi. At one point he simply said that he was not YET ready to go with it in public ... implying that he was very seriously considering it.
Anyone wishing to get a true picture of how the Archbishop felt about this issue should read the following:
http://www.fathercekada.com/2012/09/04/pro-sedevacantism-quotes-from-abp-lefebvre/So please don't be selective about facts in order to construct a false narrative in support of your agenda.