Ex post facto proclamations from the post Vatican II modernists JPII, BXVI, and Francis. {then} Card. Ratzinger: "The Second Vatican Council has not been treated as part of the living Tradition{whatever that means} of the Church, but as an end of Tradition, a new start from zero. The truth is this particular council DEFINED NO DOGMA AT ALL, and chose to remain on a modest level, as a MERELY PASTORAL council". Given at Santiago, Chile 13 July 1988. It is also worth noting that B XVI was the only true theologian {not that I agree with that theology, primarily because he was not a fan of scholasticism}f the post conciliar popes, and is best suited to assess the council's authority.