The new name in Germany does disassociate it from the anti-modernist past while retaining a vague historical connection which even a softliner could not jettison. But this name turns the work of this local religious body or brotherhood into a product which is sensitive to the social climate in which it functions and the consumers it serves. It is true that Germans do want to be loved and this is showing up in the sacrifices they are making to keep the European Project afloat. And the SSPX district there more than any other district wishes to be seen as part of the political status quo.
I often thought though that the German district would one day break away from the Society and make its own deal with Rome. Given its liberal leaning, I would conjecture its great disappointment when the Society did not contract with Ratzinger. But the new name could be a step in that direction.
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