[img]http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100403/capt.5c172715751a4738ba880bc74115796f-4269789b8ad742aea4fadf8c8ede856e-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=sMSAe8oAjB8OaVjatKBXRw--[/img]AP - Pope Benedict XVI has surrounded himself with a small group of men he feels he can trust, but he acts very much on his own. That isolation and shunning of advice have frequently created problems and are increasingly under scrutiny as the clerical sex scandal inches closer to him.