The Pope'sdecree, issued Saturday, brings back into the Catholic Church's foldbishopRichardWilliamsonandthreeotherbishops who belong to the SocietyofSaintPiusX.
In his desire to bring dissident Catholics back into the mainstream Church, Pope Benedict has been negotiating with a traditionalist Catholic Group based in Switzerland, known as the Society of SaintPiusX, which roundly rejects the reforms of Vatican II.