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On October 16th White Smoke curls up over the Vatican: Cardinal Wojtyla is elected the 163rd successor to St. Peter and chooses the name John Paul II. He becomes the first Polish Pope, the first non-Italian Pope since Adrian VI in 1523, and the youngest pontiff since Pope Pius IX one hundred years ago. Like his predecessor, John Paul II declines the papal tiara and is installed in an outdoor Mass in St. Peter's Square.