Baloney squared!  What we got during the JP II and Benedict era were too many pompous little 'monsters' who entered the seminary because they saw themselves as an elite caste.  It was from the teaching of JP II who believed that it was ONLY the hierarchy/clergy who had any right to have a 'say' within the church.  JP II directly began the re-clericalization of a church that had already embraced the laity as the People of God in the church of the people.  We received a Triumphalism that oozed out of JP II's encyclical "Veritatis splendor" [VS 30] which stated, "In addressing this Encyclical to you, my Brother Bishops, it is my intention to state the principles...[so that we can give] a reply that possesses  light and power capable of answering even the most controversial and complex questions."