The smoke of satan entered the sanctuary long before Pope John Paul II became pope. The genesis of these liberal problems you cite today is clearly indicated by liberal interpretations of the teachings of Vatican II in the 10 or so years after the close of that council.
John Paul II is far from a liberal in any dimension.
"John Paul II is far from a liberal in any dimension."
You think allowing witchdoctors to use our sacred altars to pray to their false gods is conservative? Kissing the Koran and apologizing to Islam for the sins of Catholicism is conservative? Allowing a bare-breasted female lector to read the epistle at one of his papal Masses is conservative? Elevating someone who denies the historicity of the Resurrection or the possibility of the Gospel miracles to the cardinalate is conservative? Come again? You think this is my imagination and a misconception about the teachings of Vatican II? I don't think so.