Inauguration
John Paul II in choir dress with watered silk cassock entering the Basilica of St. Peter from the side of St. Marta Square on the day of the Holy Mass inaugurating his pontificate, October 22, 1978. On the right hand of the pope goes the Prelate of Honour of His Holiness Mons. Juliusz Paetz, later bishop of Łomża and Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań.