Another problem: JPII dismissed reports of sexual abuse by priests and bishops because he had seen good priests framed by the Communists.
He also believed that no Cardinal would ever lie to him.
It was said often that the same man who defeated worldwide Communism was defeated by the Cardinals of the Catholic Church.
There is an inherent danger in a system in which men with little prospect of worldly success are put in positions of great power, prestige, and comfort. It is no accident that in Donald Trump there is vastly more intellectual honesty than there is in the Pope.
Thank you, McGowen. What you say is true.
We are all left mourning loss of so many things.