[Land of the Irish]

According to Msgr Perl, these Officials are afraid of protests from the local bishops and bishops' conferences.

So the bishops are now dictating to the Pope. Let him write his poetry and books, new mysteries of the Rosary, etc. We must not have "Mutiny on the Bounty Barque". Discipline or excommunicate any traditionalists, because they are in the minority. It's the politically correct think to do. Let the heretics have their way, for they are in the majority. JP II wants to be a beloved, people's Pope.

Pope St. Pius X strived to be God's Pope, to heck with the secular world.

[Tantumergo]

"JP II wants to be a beloved, people's Pope."

That's the danger of being the most popular Pope in history - if he wants the whole world to love him then the "majority" will just keep nibbling away, breaking down our doctrine and our liturgy bit by bit.

Ha can write all the fine words that he wants to, but if all the bishops know that he intends to do nothing to back those words up, then the words are just empty - clanging gongs and clashing cymbals.