Monsignor Tom Gavin, right, with Brian Rush, the architect who worked on the Coventry Airport site for the visit.
The confirmation candidates line up ready to be received into the Catholic faith by the Pope.
This young boy is determined to get a good view of the Holy Father.
The Pope steps out of the plane at Baginton airport to give the mid-morning mass.
The pilgrims return to their coaches, parked on a two-mile stretch of the A46.
A group from Saint Francis School, Bedworth, waiting for the mass.
Pope John Paul II during his historic trip on May 30 1982.
Thousands of people waiting for the midmorning mass to begin.
Thousands of people waiting for the midmorning mass to begin.