If he were really in charge, you'd never know it. The current pope was put there by a group called the "Saint Gallen Mafia" but they are beholden to some other people. Bugnini who wrote the new mass used by the church is said to be more than just a freemason, and that the mass he wrote was written by others long before him (It matches closely something written by masons in the 20s).

I agree the pope sucks, pretty much they all have done something to make things worse since VII and some would argue tangibly that Pius XII as he got older and may have been held hostage in his waning years did damage as well. John XXIII, Paul VI, and Francis were/are disasters. JPII is a mixed bag only by comparison and Benedict did his damage before he was pope even though he comes off as a "conservative" among the post-conciliar popes and theologians. His idea of dividing the pope's office into two distinct offices with different roles might be being played out now as his resignation is sketchy in the details (see Edmund Maza's work on this). In any event they all took or are all taking the church far from what Leo XIII and Pius X were trying to preserve.

If anything, the popes have choosen to be door men for the real powers at work.