My understanding is that it was Mueller who killed the negotiations when Benedict was pope by intervening with the demands for assent to Vat II. A few months ago he tried to get the pope to renews the Vat II demands, and he was told no. His latest strategy was to convene the SCDF, then produce a document to give to the SSPX.



As a bishop in Germany Mueller had no use for the SSPX.



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My understanding is that it was Mueller who killed the negotiations when Benedict was pope by intervening with the demands for assent to Vat II. A few months ago he tried to get the pope to renews the Vat II demands, and he was told no. His latest strategy was to convene the SCDF, then produce a document to give to the SSPX.



As a bishop in Germany Mueller had no use for the SSPX.



His theological positions tended to be idiosyncratic. On the one hand, he was good in defending doctrine on marriage. On the other, he praised Liberation Theology and is a friend of Gustavo Gutierrez, the father of LT.



I hope he enjoys early retirement.