
Pope John Paul II visited Australia in 1986 and spoke with the faithful at a ceremony inside the Sydney Opera House.
This compilation of footage shot by the Network Ten Eyewitness News team shows the Pope greeting crowds and having photos taken with the then-Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Edward Clancy.
Notes by Beth Taylor
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.