I am very sorry that the Church, that is, Leo XIV, did not know how to prevent the schismatic act. I also believe the Lefebvrists regret it.
This could have been avoided if the Pope had appointed a couple of those priests as bishops, who, I am sure, are notably better than not a few of those he appoints daily. But he did not want to.
As a result, we are now going to have a schism. One the Lefebvrists are already very accustomed to. And I think it will not affect them much.
I also believe there will be more Catholics who switch to those Lefebvrists than members of that community who return to Catholicism without adjectives. Although neither group, one or the other, will be in large numbers. Although, within their smallness, the number of Catholics who go over will be greater than that of the Lefebvrists who return. And I think everything will happen without major affiliation acts. Simply by moving from one place to another.
I repeat that this should have been avoided by the Pope. By the others as well? I do not think it is the same. They were in a state of necessity in which the Pope was not. The Lefebvrists, without a bishop, and those who remained were already increasingly older, dying alone. They would have no more priests or bishops. With this act they would have secured a few more years of existence.
I trust that, as has already happened, the Church will eventually lift the excommunications and recognize their existence. Although, for that, would it not have been better not to stage this Catholic spectacle?