I don't really see why people think the pope is so great.

Think about it; he was just a good man and the only reason he was able to do the things he did was because he was given position (power). There are quite a few people in the world that would of done the same things he would have done if given the position, but you don't cry over them now, do you?

Just a good man with position, however, granted a good man.

Also, he caused a lot of problems, e.g. disagreeing with contraception, abortion e.t.c, he actaully had a lot of people that hated him esp. in places like africa, and the east where AIDs and other STD's are rife.