Well of course one of those US cardinals was kicked out of his US archbishopric after presiding over a regime of sexual abuse and selling $100 million of diocesan property to fund pay-offs. Which wouldn't be worth dredging up now, except that this guy (Bernard Law) has just been selected to lead a Mass for J-P II. Vatican arrogance/indifference in the face of these issues never ceases to astound.