 Lefebvre was increasingly criticized by influential members of his large religious congregation who considered him to be out @-@ of @-@ step with modern Church leaders and the demand of the bishops ' conferences , particularly in France , for modernization and reforms . An Extraordinary General Chapter of the Holy Ghost Fathers was convened in Rome in September 1968 to debate the direction of the congregation after the changes of the Second Vatican Council . The first action of the chapter was to name several moderators to lead the chapter 's sessions instead of Lefebvre . Lefebvre then handed in his resignation as Superior General to Pope Paul VI . He would later say that it had become impossible for him to remain superior of an institute that no longer wanted or listened to him . 
