Catholics Celebrate

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St. Peter's Square and Basilica are framed by a statue on the Colonnade at dusk during Pope John Paul II's 25th anniversary Mass. Tens of thousands of pilgrims streamed into St. Peter's Square for the Mass at 6.pm. - about the same time a quarter-century ago that white smoke from a Vatican chimney alerted the world that a Polish cardinal named Karol Wojtyla had been elected the first non-Italian pope in 455 years.

Author: CBS News Staff

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