[daedrdev]

He is restricted by the system around him, with the internal Vatican politics and overall views of members of the Catholic Church being very relevant here. His replacement may be more conservative as a reaction to the decline of Church membership, or may not be, but I don't think he can be faulted personally for not attempting to set the wrongs of the church right, he clearly wanted to do so.

[mvieira38]

No he isn't. The pope is the absolute king of any matter Vatican related and can charge his priests however he wants