I'm not going to turn this into a huge off topic fight, but I know quite a bit about the Catholic faith, having been raised Catholic, confirmed Catholic, and having gone through 12 years of Catholic catechism classes, plus taken on quite a few personal studies of the faith.
As someone who no longer considers herself Catholic but who recognizes the inherent good in some church doctrine, it is my personal opinion that Pope Benedict was not a good man, not a good pope, and I personally am quite glad to see him gone and hope that the next pope will be someone I think is more enlightened and more kind.
This is purely my personal opinion. I'm also aware that later in his career, Cardinal Ratzinger tried to clean up some of the early abuses, but he still insisted they be handled by the church and not turned over to secular authorities and I still think this is morally bankrupt. I hope the church moves forward from this chapter in its history in a positive way.