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From the archives: CBS News Special Report - The election of Pope John Paul II

From the CBS News archives, a special report from the Vatican covers the surprise election of Cardinal Karol Jozef Wojtyla of Warsaw, Poland, as the 264th pope. Wojtyla, chosen as the first non-Italian pope since the 1500s, chose the name John Paul II.
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