he doesn't quite connect with the everyday joe like JPii, but I do agree with him. i think.
No, he doesn't exactly. Well, not only are they big shoes to fill and JPII had been 'the man' for 26+ years, instrumental in knocking out communism from parts of the world and working to make the Vatican and Pope accessible to all (JPII certainly did that, and Benedict doesn't have to pave that road, just follow it), but also he has only been in a couple of months during a time of particular trial esp in regard to the war and the pedophile scandal. Pope Benedict does have a different temperment and personality, not bad, just different.