You're right.
Either the deal has to be made official (signed, announced, etc.) in the next 19 days, or Pope Francis has to tell the SSPX "no more mercy for you. Your confessions are now illegal again."
Fat chance of that.
Pope to extend validity of confessions of SSPX priests beyond Year of Mercyhttp://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2016/04/pope-to-extend-validity-of-confessions.htmlBishop Bernard Fellay, superior general of the SSPX, celebrated the Mass for Good Shepherd Sunday with his two Assistants General.
A few days earlier he had met with Pope Francis during a very positive meeting which strengthened ties between the Holy See and the Society founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Despite the publication of the Post-Synodal Exhortation, which "makes us cry," he revealed some "happiness" from the interview
The Pope confirmed that the SSPX was Catholic in his eyes
He confirmed that he never would condemn it
He confided that he wishes to expand the faculties of the SSPX, starting with the authorization of its priests to validly hear confession.Finally, during the talks in Rome, Bishop Fellay was encouraged to establish a seminary in Italy.