It always seemed to me that St JP11's character was formed within communism; his focus was the evil of communism - he seemed to see everything through that lens. Sadly (like most of us) he could not shake the early imprint of his cultural surrounds (communism) in his attitude to other approaches (especially within the Church) and so he tended to be narrowly focussed and dictatorial. He never seemed to question/reflect upon Church tradition, dogma or praxis and the possibility that reform might be needed. In the wider world of politics he trusted western anti-communist advisors, and resisted anything that could be deemed communist. His war was against communism, for which one cannot blame him. It is a great sadness to me that he did not seem to understand the need for Vatican 2 and seemed to turn his back on its findings/conclusions as if they were irrelevant. It seems that he viewed the transformation of the Church as evil.