text: "It seems like JPII and Benedict shared the same siege mentality as the American Christian right and that unfortunately blinded them to the sins and heresies of the right."
  
  You do realize it was John Paul II who ex-communicated the Lefebvrists? And it was Benedict XVI who insisted they give express assent to all the teachings of Vatican II (while rumors have it Pope Francis is not imposing any conditions on their readmission)? And it was John Paul II & Benedict XVI who criticized the Bush Administration over Iraq?
  
  And you do realize that it was Pope Francis who said (last year) that gender theory is a "global war trying to destroy marriage"?