But he's not, that's the difference. He may not be a 'trad', but he sure is conservative, which is an obvious juxtaposition to the majority of the heirachy. His concessions for the Traditional Latin Mass would have been unthinkable for most Catholic Bishops today.
Conservative? He is most certainly conservative in that he likes the pagentry and symbolism and beauty of many old things and ways.
But he is far from conservative in regards to doctrine. Consider the books he's written while pope. Consider the remarks he makes concerning intrinsic evils being a first step towards good.
He is conservative in that he wants to conserve the Modernist gains in the Conciliar church--and he has protected them very diligiently--since his baby, the Vatican II revolution, came into being.
The fact is, TraditionalistThomas, is the Emerentiana is absoutely correct. Benedict 16 would never replace these bishops because their theology, the doctrine they teach, everything about them, is virtually identical to his own. They are his soul-mates.
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