No, mchale.  The problem was that Vat II was the opening to bring the Church into the real world, not dream land of the past the leaders tried to live in.  JPII and BXVI refused to go through the door that the Holy Spirit showed to those at Vat II and that tens of millions of Catholics all over the world saw and experienced as Vat II unfolded.

JPII and BXVI tried to close the door on the Holy Spirit speaking inside the patriarchal/hierarchal structure of Church.  Of course, that doesn't really work, not in the long run.  And, there were some inside that structure who did not close themselves off to the Holy Spirit and tens of millions of the faithful who continued to listen to the Spirit.  

Doctrine developed over 2000 years and will continue to develop.  Our understanding of creation and the Creator grows.  Confusion and ambiguity are conditions of being human.  God is not orthodoxy.  Let Him out of the box you think you have Him in.  He doesn't fit.