Tadeusz Karolak

On 16 October 1978, a few minutes after 6 p.ma new popé was elected by the College of Cardinals on the second day of the Conclave. The election was announced to the crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square by Cardinal Periele Felici according to the traditional formula: Nuntio vobis gaudium magnum:...

"And so the most reverend cardinals have appointed a new Bishop of Rome. They have summoned him from a far distant country but one which has always been close in the community of faith and the Christian tradition." From the first address of greeting to the crowd by the newly elected Pope, John...