What is Pope Benedict XVI?
{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Pope | honorific-prefix = His Holiness <br> [[Pope]] | name = Benedict XVI | image = Benedykt XVI (2010-10-17) 2.jpg | caption = Benedict XVI in 2010 | term_start = 19 April 2005 | term_end = 28 February 2013 | predecessor = [[Pope John Paul II|John Paul II]] | successor = [[Pope Francis|Francis]] | ordination = 29 June 1951 | ordained_by = [[Michael von Faulhaber]] | consecration = 28 May 1977 | consecrated_by = [[Josef Stangl]] | cardinal = 27 June 1977 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Paul VI]] | birth_name = Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|4|16|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Marktl]], [[Weimar Republic|Germany]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|12|31|1927|04|19|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Mater Ecclesiae|Mater Ecclesiae Monastery]], [[Vatican City]] | parents = Joseph Ratzinger, Sr. and Maria Ratzinger (née Peintner) | residence = [[Mater Ecclesiae|Mater Ecclesiae Monastery]] | nationality = German (with Vatican citizenship) | previous_post = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising|Archbishop of Munich and Freising]] {{small|(1977–1982)}}<br/>Cardinal-Priest of [[Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino]] {{small|(1977–1993)}}<br/>President of the [[International Theological Commission]] {{small|(1981–2005)}}<br/>Prefect of the [[Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]] {{small|(1981–2005)}}<br/>President of the [[Pontifical Biblical Commission]] {{small|(1981–2005)}}<br/>Cardinal-Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Velletri-Segni|Velletri-Segni]] {{small|(1993–2005)}}<br/>[[Dean of the College of Cardinals]] {{small|(2002–2005)}}<br/>[[Bishop of Ostia|Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia]] {{small|(2002–2005)}} | motto = ''Cooperatores veritatis'' (cooperators of the truth)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/biography/documents/hf_ben-xvi_bio_20050419_short-biography_en.html |title=Biography of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI |publisher=Vatican.va |accessdate=29 January 2014}}</ref> | signature = Pop