Hey, Peter - Ratzinger's upper management. So is the Pope. Have you ever met a sincere person in upper mangement? I suppose there are some, but they're rare. Don't judge the rest of Catholics on what their chief executives do. Chief executives are necessary evils - but, oftentimes, they ARE evil. Up there in the rarefied air, they just don't see life the way the rest of us do.
As for Ratzinger, I don't think there are many in the Catholic Church who would accuse him of sincerity. His game is power and authority - not sincerity. The Pope seems to have a fair amount of sincerity, but not Ratzinger. Ratzinger is the chief doctrine man, the Dick Cheney of the Vatican.
-Joe Offer-