It took several pontificates after Council of Trent before the Church was restored. When I was district superior of Austria, I had discussed some church matters with most conservative Austrian bishop, whom I knew. Well his Excellency said that we cannot expect that the whole house will be cleaned when the SSPX arrives. Well I said that we are ready to clean the toilets. Now the situation is to defend the Catholic faith.
Faith is more important than disobedience.
So the SSPX has continued its work since 1975. In 1976, Archbishop Lefebvre was suspended. In 1988 there was the so-called excommunication and yet we still continued. It is a necessary situation, but it is not a normal situation. If there is a reasonable possibility to settle things, we must settle things.