Addressing the Vatican tsunami

I've been reading a ton of commentary on the Vatican tsunami that seems to be intensifying every day. I've sent rather detailed articles on the subject to my lists. Many a day I find myself in the midst of discussion and debate.

In much briefer form, here is how a friend of mine describes the situation:

"The latest defense of the pope is that as archbishop of Munich he was more concerned with doctrine than with people!!

"It makes him sound like the philosopher who loved humanity, it was just that he couldn't stand people.

"It makes one ask how could the church claim to carry the gospel message. Any reading of the gospels makes it clear that Jesus' concern was with people, not doctrine."