I find Bishop Fellay's reply a little strange:

Bishop Bernard Fellay: For a moment I thought that, with his resignation, Benedict XVI would perhaps make a final gesture in our favor as pope. That being said, I have a hard time seeing how he could do so. We will probably have to wait for the next pope. I will even go so far as to say, at the risk of surprising you, that the Church has more important problems than the Society of St. Pius X, and in a way, it is by resolving these problems that the problem of the Society will be solved.


Apparently he still harbored some hope that a deal might be reached, no?


http://www.sspx.org/superior_generals_n ... 5-2013.htm