Obviously any person in public life in any kind of leadership role will have critics. I'm not Catholic so I don't know as much about the internal church doctrines and so forth, but one thing about this article and others like it is clear: The media couldn't wait to start pointing out the Pope's critics, as though the very existence of critics proves their criticisms well-founded. I also saw that Bill Clinton said that the Pope has a "mixed legacy" just like "many of us." That's just a case of him wanting company and wanting to once again try to whitewash and sugarcoat his own deeds as though he can be mentioned in the same category as the Pope.
The Pope, should have handled the molestation fiasco with more authority than he did. He, in some ways , protected these vile animals that abused innocent children, by allowing them too be sent too other Parishes without telling anyone what they had done. This is unbearable, and I will never back down on this issue. I do understand also that we all sin and do wrong, so I am no better than anyone else. I must therefore forgive the Pope for his inactions and I never wished him any malice, he did a great many things. Be well Your Holiness, may your soul find rest in the next realm of life.
Jeff