Problem with that is JP2 had a long reign and many of the problem bishops today were appointed by him. The pattern does not seem to be changing. Isn’t the buck, to be crude, supposed to stop somewhere?
That is because for much of his reign he had a bad advisors who misled him . He wanted to appoint holy priests to be bishops, but his advisors were only giving him dissident priests.
Why does God allow this to happen?
Think about what exactly makes these bishops bad. Usually it is in relation to rejection of Church teachings regarding sex and or procreation, such as abortion.
But, didn’t the laity reject the Pope’s teachings on sex and procreaction when Humanae Vitae was written years ago.
I think God has given us the same bishops that we wanted, that is, we have bishops who also reject Church teachings on sex and procreation.
But, we will argue, these bishops allow pedophiles who harm children. Contraception doesn’t harm children.
It doesn’t?
Birth control pills are known to allow ovulation and conception, but prevent implantion of the newly formed child. Thus, they cause chemical abortions. A conservative estimate is four chemical abortions per year by those using birth control pills. Abortion destroys life entirely. At least priests who sexually abuse others don’t normally kill. Thus those who use birth control pills are far worse than bad bishops.
But, some will argue that they don’t use birth control pills, but use other means that don’t cause chemical abortions.
But any type of contraception tends to ruin marriages. Couples who use natural family planning have less than a 3% divorce rate. Those who use contraception have a 30-50% divorce rate. Divorce devestates children.
The harm to children through divorce, by the Catholic laity, far outweighs the harm to childen by a small percentage of priests and bad bishops.
If the laity reform themselves first, then I think God will give us good bishops and priests again.