 " That is why , taking into account the strong will of the present Roman authorities to reduce Tradition to naught , to gather the world to the spirit of Vatican II and the spirit of Assisi , we have preferred to withdraw ourselves and to say that we could not continue . It was not possible . We would have evidently been under the authority of Cardinal Ratzinger , President of the Roman Commission , which would have directed us ; we were putting ourselves into his hands , and consequently putting ourselves into the hands of those who wish to draw us into the spirit of the Council and the spirit of Assisi . This was simply not possible . " 
