– Even after fourteen years, only 20% of Novus Ordo dioceses have implemented Summorum Pontificum, i.e., it’s not directly relevant in the other 80% of dioceses, and therefore, in the overwhelming majority of parishes. – In some of those places, Summorum is a source of unspecified unrest. – A full 70% of the bishops weren’t concerned enough to respond to the questionnaire at all. Evidently, the Novus Ordo and the Council are fully entrenched in those places. – Some bishops responded by specifically calling the Traditional Latin Mass “dangerous” – Some bishops expressed a desire for the Traditional Latin Mass to be more tightly controlled and even suppressed. – Others pointed out that Summorum hasn’t led to the hoped for “internal reconciliation in the Church,” i.e., it has not provided a service to unity. – Some bishops fear a “division into two Churches” and believe that groups attached to the Latin Mass “reject” the Second Vatican Council. (Bergoglio stated the same and …
The assumption that bishops did not respond because Novus Ordo was entrenched in their dioceses overlooks the genuine fear which may have been a greater motive for silence and lack of responding. Bergoglio was quite the feudal ruler with his bishops and regularly coerced a fealty which knew no limits. That, and careerism, of course. The 'carrot' of ecclesiastical rewards for 'toeing the line/bending the knee' was clearly an incentive for some(many?) of them, perhaps even the papal chair's current occupant based upon numerous unchallenged biographical details. The sycophantic drive cannot be dismissed out of hand
Of course, the real and fundamental problem is Vatican II. Whether the Mass is permitted, as under Benedict XVI, or forbidden, as under Francis, the rejection of the Vatican II will remain the same. And, fortunately, no one can change that.