With eager eyes, the world had watched the white smoke billow from the Sistine Chapel just ten minutes before the evening Angelus on April 19th. With swift feet, the crowds answered the peals of the bells.

When the new Vicar of Christ greets the world on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, no doubt he will meet us with a new name. The name could very well indicate something of the direction he will set for the Church.

The world needed a man of conviction. God gave us John Paul.