I will say, that some people's disrespect for the current pope leaves me puzzled. He has written many beautiful things, including the Second edition Cathecism; and helped Reagan and Thatcher bring down Communism -- particualrly in Poland. John Paul II is a good man with a lot of grace.
I'm sure Pope John Paul ll is a good man, however I think that there are evil forces at work in the Vatican and there is a battle going on there as well.
After saying Mass, Pope Leo XIII was privy to a conversation between the devil and God. The devil said he could destroy the church and he could do it in 100 years. God gave him permission to try. After hearing this conversation, the Pope went to his apartment and wrote the St. Michael prayer. This prayer used to be said after every Mass, but no more. By the way, this all took place around the year 1900.