Pope John Paul II waves from his popemobile 26 January 1979 in Mexico City at the beginning of his first Pastororal visit outside Italy to Santo Domingo, Mexico and the Bahamas, from 25 January to 01 February 1979. Background, (3rd from left, standing), US Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, head of "Instituto per de Religione" (IOR), the Vatican Bank, and Pope's bodyguard untill 1982. AFP PHOTO