Intronizacja , konklawe i msza 15-22.10 .1978

Polish citizens are among the Pope watchers in St. Peter's Square during the official installation ceremonies for Pope John Paul II, in Vatican City,...

Italian cardinal Oddi, extreme right, and Msgr. Virgilio Noe of the Vatican pontifical ceremonies office fix the woollen pallium at Pope John Paul II...

Karol Cardinal Wojtyla from Poland has been elected Oct. 16, 1978 as the 264th Pope, and is pictured Oct. 3, 1978 in Vatican City, a day before the fu...

Pope John Paul II at St. Peter's Square during the official installation ceremonies for the new Pontiff, in Vatican City, Oct. 22, 1978. (Ap Photo)

Polish citizens are among the Pope watchers in St. Peter's Square during the official installation ceremonies for Pope John Paul II, in Vatican City,...

Newly elected Pope John Paul II waves from the balcony to cheering crowd shortly after the 58-year-old former archbishop of Krakow, Poland, had been e...

Pope John Paul II appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica Oct. 16, 1978, shortly after he had been elected as successor to late Pope John Paul...

Among the crowd on St. Peter's Square, Oct. 22, 1978, attending the official installation ceremony for Pope John Paul II are L/R Joan Poszluszny, Mrs....

View down from St. Peter's Basilica during the official installation ceremonies for Pope John Paul II, in Vatican City, Oct. 22, 1978. (Ap Photo)

Pope John Paul II at St. Peter's Square during the official installation ceremonies for the new Pontiff, in Vatican City, Oct. 22, 1978. (Ap Photo)

Pope John Paul II at St. Peter's Square during the official installation ceremonies for the new Pontiff, in Vatican City, Oct. 22, 1978. (Ap Photo)

A Swiss Guard stands in attention when new elected Pope John Paul II leaves the Sistine Chapel Oct. 17, 1978 after a special mass was held at the end...

Karol Cardinal Wojtyla from Poland has been elected Oct. 16, 1978 as the 264th Pope, and is pictured Oct. 3, 1978 in Vatican City, a day before the fu...

Italian cardinal Pericle Felici places the simple woollen pallium around Pope John Paul II at St. Peter's Square during the official installation cere...

Cardinals are lined up to pay obedience to Pope John Paul II on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica Oct. 22. 1978 during the official installation cerem...

Pope John Paul II raises his arms as he acknowledges cheers of the crowd at St. Peter's Square Oct. 16, 1978, shortly after he had been elected as suc...

Pope John Paul II at St. Peter's Square during the official installation ceremonies for the new Pontiff, in Vatican City, Oct. 22, 1978. (Ap Photo)

Tens of thousands fill the vast St. Peter's Square Oct. 16, 1978 to receive the greetings and blessing of the new elected Pope John Paul II. The succe...

Italian cardinal Pericle Felici, right, places a simple woollen pallium at Pope John Paul II at St. Peter's Square during the official installation ce...

Pope John Paul II raises the calyx during a mass held at St. Peter's Square during the official installation ceremonies for the new Pontiff, in Vatica...

Pictured here cardinals enter the Sistine chapel in Vatican City on Oct. 14, 1978, to elect a new pope following the death of Pope John Paul I. (AP Ph...

Pictured here cardinals enter the Sistine chapel in Vatican City on Oct. 14, 1978, to elect a new pope following the death of Pope John Paul I. (AP Ph...

A few hours before 111 cardinals assemble for the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope John Paul I, a special mass is held inside St. Peter's Ba...

Bishop Jacques Martin of France, outgoing head of the Pontifical household, locks one of the gates of the conclave area in the Sistine Chapel Oct. 14,...

Cardinals standing in prayer inside Sistine Chapel Oct. 14, 1978 after they entered the conclave area for electing the successor of late Pope John Pau...

Italian cardinal Corrado Ursi smiles as he talks to friends and well wishers outside St. Peter's Basilica Oct. 14, 1978, a few hours before he with ot...

Cardinals Pignedoli, left, and Nasalli Rocca in St. Peter's Basilica Oct. 14, 1978 for a special mass to be held a few hours before the cardinals asse...

The Papal chamberlain, French Cardinal Jean Villot, wears miter and has his hands in prayer as he enters St. Peter's Basilica Oct. 14, 1978 for a spec...

Pope John Paul II at St. Peter's Square during the official installation ceremonies for the new Pontiff, in Vatican City, Oct. 22, 1978. (Ap Photo)

Pope John Paul II is seen October 17, 1978.

Pope John Paul II, the third Pontiff of 1978, sits on the papal throne in Vatican City in this November 1978 photo. Formerly Cardinal Wojtyla of Krak...

Pope John Paul II sits and reads message during mass inside Sistine Chapel Tuesday morning, October 17, 1978. He is in full Papal dress. (AP Photo)

Pope John Paul II presides over his first mass in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, on Tuesday, October 17, 1978. (AP Photo)

The newly-elected Pope John Paul II, acknowledges cheers from pilgrims crowding Saint Peter's Square from an overlooking balcony during his first appe...

Black smoke pours out of the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, at noon Oct.16,1978, the sign that the 111 cardinals again failed to ele...

Newly-elected Pope John Paul II, the former Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, raises his arms in greeting the crowd from the balcony of St. Peter's Basil...

Pope John Paul II. is seen during the official installation ceremony outside St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, October 22, 1978. (AP Photo)

This October 22, 1978 photo shows the official installation celebration of Pope John Paul II in Vatican City, Italy. Cardinals are lined up on the ste...

Paul Emile Cardinal Leger from Canada is seen as he pays obedience to the newly installed Pope John Paul II on the steps of St. Peter Basilica, during...

Pope John Paul II greets the cheering crowd from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, Monday evening, Oct. 16, 1978, shortly after his...

The newly-elected Pope John Paul II, acknowledges cheers from pilgrims crowding Saint Peter's Square from an overlooking balcony during his first appe...

Photo prise le 16 octobre 1978 au Vatican, du cardinal polonais Karol Wojtyla, devenu le 16 octobre Jean-Paul II, le premier pape non italien depuis A...

Pope John Paul II, 50, former Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla, smiles at the Vatican 16 October 1978, after being named at the head of the Catholic Chur...

Pope John Paul II, 58, gives a speech during his coronation ceremony 22 October 1978 at Saint Peter Basilica in Vatican city. Cardinal Karol Wojtyla o...

General view of the Pope John Paul II coronation ceremony 22 October 1978 at Saint Peter Basilica in Vatican city. Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Poland, f...

General view of Pope John Paul II's coronation ceremony 22 October 1978 at Saint Peter Basilica in Vatican city.

Pope John Paul II's is saluted by an Orthodox pope during his coronation ceremony 22 October 1978 at Saint Peter Basilica in Vatican city.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Adriano Mordenti / Rex Features ( 518337a ) Pope John Paul II, Vatican, Italy, Rome - 16 Oct 1978 POPE JOHN PAUL II

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Adriano Mordenti / Rex Features ( 518337b ) Pope John Paul II, Vatican, Italy, Rome - 16 Oct 1978 POPE JOHN PAUL II

FILE -- The first appearence of Pope John Paul II after his election on Oct. 16, 1978 at the balcony of Peters Dome at the Vatican. The pontiff died o...