Assassination attempt on John Paul II
1981 · Event
Mehmet Ali Ağca shoots the pope twice in St Peter's Square; John Paul II survives, credits Our Lady of Fátima, and visits his would-be killer in prison to forgive him.
On these timelines: The Papacy, Master, Christianity, Major Religions, Cold War
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