Editing Pope Benedict XVI (section)

=== Archbishop of Munich and Freising: 1977&ndash;1982 ===
[[File:Palais Holnstein Munich.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|right|[[Holnstein Palace|Palais Holnstein]] in Munich, the residence of Benedict as [[Archbishop of Munich and Freising]]]]

On 24 March 1977, Ratzinger was appointed [[Archbishop of Munich and Freising]], and was ordained a [[Bishops in the Catholic Church|bishop]] on 28 May. He took as his episcopal motto {{lang|la|Cooperatores veritatis}} ([[Latin]] for 'cooperators of the truth'),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/biography/documents/hf_ben-xvi_bio_20050419_short-biography.html |title=Biography of His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI |date=19 April 2005 |website=The Holy See |publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana |access-date=21 July 2019 |archive-date=21 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721194136/http://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/biography/documents/hf_ben-xvi_bio_20050419_short-biography.html }}</ref> from the [[Third Epistle of John]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.osservatoreromano.va/en/news/2021-11/ing-047/to-be-cooperatores-veritatis.html |title=To be 'cooperatores veritatis' |work=L'Osservatore Romano |date=19 November 2021 |access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref> a choice on which he commented in his autobiographical work ''Milestones''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Milestones: Memoirs 1927–1977 |url=https://archive.org/details/milestonesmemoir00ratz/page/153 | url-access=registration |page=153 | publisher=Ignatius Press| year=1998 |isbn=978-0-89870-702-1 |last=Ratzinger |first=Joseph Cardinal |translator-last=Leiva-Merikakis |translator-first=Erasmo}}</ref>

In the consistory of 27 June 1977, he was named Cardinal Priest of [[Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino]] by [[Pope Paul&nbsp;VI]]. By the time of the [[2005 conclave]], he was one of only fourteen remaining cardinals appointed by Paul{{nbsp}}VI, and one of only three of those under the age of 80. Of these, only he and [[William Wakefield Baum]] took part in the conclave.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0502405.htm |publisher=Catholic News Service |first1=John |last1=Thavis |first2=Cindy |last2=Wooden |title=Cardinal Ratzinger, guardian of church doctrine, elected 265th pope |date=19 April 2005 |access-date=17 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907074836/http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0502405.htm |archive-date=7 September 2011}}</ref>