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 I by the conclavists. The 58-year-old former archbishop of Krakow, Poland, is the first non-Italian Pope since 450 years. (Ap Photo)

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. Adele Buystryk, Mrs. Stanley Heida. Back L/R Richard Goinski, Matthew Witkowski, the Rev. Stanley Dawivziak. (Ap Photo)

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 of the conclave. The 58-year-old former archbishop of Krakow, Poland, Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, is the first non-Italian Pope in 450 years. (Ap Photo)

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 funeral of late Pope John Paul I. The new Pope has chosen the name Pope John Paul II. (Ap Photo)

Italian cardinal Pericle Felici places the simple woollen pallium around 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)

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 ceremony. In foreground and background dignitaries taking part in the ceremony. (Ap Photo)

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 successor to late Pope John Paul I by the conclavists. The 58-year-old former archbishop of Krakow, Poland, is the first non-Italian Pope since 450 years. (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)

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 successor of late Pope John Paul I is the first non-Italian Pontiff since 450 years and comes from Poland. (Ap Photo)

Italian cardinal Pericle Felici, right, places a simple woollen pallium at 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 raises the calyx during a mass held at St. Peter's Square during the official installation ceremonies for the new Pontiff, in Vatican City, Oct. 22, 1978. (Ap Photo)

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 Photo)

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 Photo)

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 Basilica Oct. 14, 1978. In the photo l/r first row Italian Cardinals Giuseppe Siri, Mario Luigi Ciappi and Antonio Samore. Second row l/r George Bernard Flahiff of Canada (between Ciappi and Samore), John Francis Dearden of Detroit, Mich., and Italian Cardinal Paolo Bertoli. (Ap Photo)

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, 1978 when all 111 cardinals entered the area to elect the successor of late Pope John Paul I. (Ap Photo)

Cardinals standing in prayer inside Sistine Chapel Oct. 14, 1978 after they entered the conclave area for electing the successor of late Pope John Paul I. At the altar in center is papal chamberlain French cardinal Jean Villot. In background on the wall Michelangelo's famous fresco

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 other cardinals will assemble for the conclave to elect the successor for late Pope John Paul I. Cardinal Ursi is among the most mentioned cardinals who possibly could succeed the late Pontiff. (Ap Photo)