It is often commented that Pope John Paul II did not do enough to discipline dissidents during his papacy. We have been dissidents in some way and great sinners in other ways. We have committed sins grievous enough to make it rain fire and brimstone. And yet God was quiet. He said nothing. Did you notice that? Could it be that Pope John Paul was just behaving like his God?
Saints and Popes know the importance of their jobs and tend to be very careful in that they did only God’s will. Even Christ reminded us that “I came not to do my will but the will of My Father in heaven.” Pope John Paul II was a prayerful man. Maybe disciplining dissidents was not God’s will for him just as building the temple was not God’s will for king David, and being a priest and a preacher was not for St. Therese, the little flower.
On the other hand, disciplining was God’s role for then Cardinal Ratzinger. Maybe it is still now, or maybe it is not.
Finding out God’s specific will can be very tricky. It is usually reserved for contemplatives. And while it is difficult for the person concerned, like Pope John Paul, to find out God’s will, it is impossible for spectators to find out God’s will for him. And so to the comment why Pope John Paul II did not discipline the bad buys? Well, God’s ways are not man’s ways. Maybe, it was not God’s will!