There is obvious rupture with Vatican Two and Msgr Brunero Gherardini ended his excellent book on the Council The Ecumenical Vatican Council II. A MUCH NEEDED DISCUSSION -with this plea:
For the good of the Church - and more specifically for the accomplishment of the "salus animarium" which is her primary and "suprema lux" - after decades of free exegetical, theological, liturgical, historiographical, and pastoral creativity in the name of Ecumenical Council Vatican 11, it seems to me that it is urgent that You offer some clarity by responding in an authoritative manner as to the question about the Council's continuity with the other Councils - not with declamation, but demonstration - and about its fidelity to the ever vigorous Tradition of the Church
This plea was directed at Pope Benedict XVI and he never responded.
He couldn't, could he?