Benedict is rather perplexing. He does not seem like a novus ordo kind of person but--well, I guess I should study more about him. But am I wrong to think maybe he once was kind of left of center but in his old age has become more conservative?
Well, in terms of being a "novus ordo kind of person", I would say that this is partly due to the fact that he's old enough that he grew up well before Vatican II and was also educated before the council. So, culturally, he has some more class and old-world tastes. But I would argue that his "un novus ordo-ness" is mostly aesthetic and to a lesser extent moral. He likes good music and more traditional vestments and trappings for example. He also is a bit more conservative than "Francis" on some practical morality issues. But if you get at all into his writings, you will see that he's
Novus Ordo through-and-through.
He himself has said that at the time of Vatican II he was considered very liberal, and that he has not changed. All that has happened is that the world and the
Novus Ordo have passed him by and surpassed his liberalism, while he's stayed the same. Therefore, he appears relatively conservative, but is objectively a liberal.
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