 On the other hand we refuse and have always refused to follow the Rome of the neo-Modernist and the new Protestant trend which was clearly evident in the Second Vatican Council and, after the Council in all the reforms which flowed from it.The Commission of Cardinals declared in reply that the declaration was "unacceptable on all points".In January 1975 the new Bishop of Fribourg, Pierre Mamie, stated his wish to withdraw the SSPX's pious union status.