Which Pope do you like better the present or the last one? And why?

I don't like either one, sorry.

I liked pope John Paul. He reached out to the protestants.

The present pope is a divider. He causes friction between the churches.

Pope Weinstein!

I have a father in law who was strict Catholic. He was always at mass, never missed a day until the pedophile incident and as with many good Catholics fell away. I don't quite care for Catholicism would rather do ritual magick than religious ritual can't quite tell the difference in chants

I *loathe* Pope Benedict, so I guess I would like Pope John Paul II better (though I didn't like him as a Pope, either).

When do we get our next John XXIII?

I haven't been thrilled about any pope since John XXIII. John Paul I might have been a possibility if he had lived beyond a month. But the current one is too dogmatic and mean-spirited, and his predecessor was too Mary-crazy.

The last Pope was more cuddly-looking.

The last one. He had the decency to apologize for all the nasty things the Catholic church has done over the ages in the name of God. It takes a strong man to do that.

John Paul seemed to be really in to the people, the flock, justice, the church as a faith based community that needed shepherding. Benedict doesn't quite measure up.

Neither! They are/were both superstitious and irresponsible.

But I liked JP 2's Pope mobile.

I think the last pope had a deeper relationship with Jesus.