"Benedict XVI has never hidden his reservations even about the mass liturgies celebrated by his predecessor. No one in the curia of John Paul II was more free, or more critical, than he was. And Karol Wojtyla had the greatest respect for him for this reason, too."
Interesting!
When you are as powerful as the Pope is, you end up surrounded by syncophants. You become desperately in need of someone who believes in the same objectives that you do, but are not afraid to tell you when they think you are wrong.