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Bp Karol Wojtyła in his appartment in the Polish College in Rome near Piazza Remuria 2A during the I session of the Second Vatican Council in autumn 1962.	Greeting of bp K. Wojtyła arriving at the Council at the Roman railway station, Tremini, on 7th October 1962.	Bp K. Wojtyła with an African bishop at the St. Peter's Square	St. Peter's Square in Vatican. Bp K. Wojtyła in conversation with i.a. bp. Mazur from Siedlce.	St. Peter's Square. Bp K. Wojtyła talking with a colleague from Africa.



St. Peter's Square. Bishops stemming from the missionary Order of White Fathers.	Salerno. Bp K. Wojtyła accompanied by his auxiliary bishop Jan Pietraszka in the last days of October 1964.	After a session of the Council abp K. Wojtyła is getting in Fr. Bogdan Szmelter's car at the St. Peter's Square to return to his appartment near Piazza Remuria 2A	St. Peter's Square. Bp Jan Pietraszko from Cracow is going photojournalist. The camera he is using shows technical capabilities available to bishops from behind the Iron Curtain.	Abp K. Wojtyła at the St. Peter's Square (1963).



Abp K. Wojtyła at the St. Peter's Square after a session of the Council, probably in 1963.	Rome. Polish Church of St. Stanislaus in Rome (via delle Botteghe Oscure). Mass for the late abp of Cracow, Eugeniusz Baziak, led by Stefan Wyszyński, the Primate of Poland.	Pope John XXIII entering the St. Peter's Basilica during the I session of the II Vatican Council in 1962.	Participation of Pope John XXIII in a session of the II Vatican Council (1962)	Fragment of a conciliar ceremony with the participation of Pope John XXIII (1962)



Pope John XXIII presiding over the liturgy in the St. Peter's Basilica during the I conciliar session in 1962.	Bishops, probably stemming from the Order of White Fathers, at the St. Peter's Square in Rome after a deliberation session of the Council in 1962.	Terminillo. Bp K. Wojtyła is enjoying a day off from the conciliar matters and comes to Terminillo, situated in mountains, 100 km East of Rome, to breathe the open air, rest and regain strength. Next to him: Fr. Alojzy Cader, diocesan priest in Cracow, lending his car to the Bishop (1962)	Agrigento on Sicily. From left: Fr. Alojzy Cader, abp K. Wojtyła, Fr. Tadeusz Pieronek (30 X 1964)	Agrigento. From left: bp Bogdan Bejze from Łódź, abp K. Wojtyła, bp Jan Pietraszko from Cracow and Fr. A. Cader (30 X 1964)



Terminillo. From left: Fr. A. Cader, bp K. Wojtyła (1962)	Segesta on Sicily. Abp K. Wojtyła sitting in the amphitheater audience.	Rome. Piazza Colonna	Rome. St. Peter's Square. Bernini's Colonnade.	Rome. Obelisk in the St. Peter's Square.



St. Peter's Square. Bishops leaving the St. Peter's Basilica.	St. Peter's Square. A group of cardinals participating in the Council.	St. Peter's Square. Bishops leaving the St. Peter's Basilica after conciliar deliberations.	St. Peter's Square. Bishops leaving the St. Peter's Basilica after conciliar deliberations.	St. Peter's Square. Ed. Tadeusz Mazowicki and Fr. Michal Czajkowski.



St. Peter's Square. Ed. Tadeusz Mazowiecki and Fr. Michał Czajkowski.	View on the St. Peter's Square after the passing of Pope John XXIII.	Car belonging to Kazimierz Papée, the former ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Holy See and the later representant of the Polish government in exile to the Holy See.	St. Peter's Square. Next to the car stands abp Antoni Baraniak from Poznań; inside: auxiliary bishop Tadeusz Etter.	Pope Paul VI visiting one of the Roman churches.



Papal car. SCV no. 1.	St. Peter's Square after a conciliar session.	St. Peter's Square after a conciliar session.	St. Peter's Square. From left: Pr. Bednarski, Dominican, abp K. Wojtyła and bp Herbert Bednorz from Katowice.	Rome. Tremini railway station. Abp K. Wojtyła leaving to Poland by a train going from Rome to Moscow.



Bishops participating in a conciliar session are leaving by buses the St. Peter's Square to their places of residence in Rome.	Polish bishops coming home from the St. Peter's Square after the conciliar session.