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Perpetrator. Mehmet Ali Ağca ( Grey Wolves) The location of the shooting, marked by a stone tablet, in St. Peter's Square. On 13 May 1981, in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering the square. The Pope was struck twice and suffered severe blood loss.
May 12, 2021 · May 13th, 1981: Remembering that fateful day. Forty years ago the shocking assassination attempt on the life of John Paul II took place in Saint Peter's Square. It’s a day that entered our collective memory when love and prayer defeated hatred. By Alessandro Gisotti. There are dates that remind us not only of things we read of in history ...
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On May 9, 1981, Agca took a plane from Majorca to Milan and entered Italy under an assumed name. He took a room in a hotel near the Vatican and on May 13 walked into St. Peter’s Square and shot ...
Sep 21, 2015 · The site of the 1981 Pope John Paul II assassination attempt (Photo: Public Domain). It was late afternoon on May 13 th 1981 when Pope John Paul II emerged from St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican ...
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May 13, 2016 · Because of the difficulty of forgiveness, St. John Paul II’s actions after the assassination attempt should not be seen as merely tenderhearted or kind, but a duty and a part of healing, DePerro ...
May 13, 2021 · Despite the shock, there was an inevitability to the newsflash: Sooner or later, someone was going to shoot Pope John Paul II. Assassination events, particularly for Americans, have developed ...
May 13, 2021 · Sean-Patrick Lovett, a now-retired Vatican Radio journalist, recalls the fateful events of May 13, 1981, which took place when he was 24-years-old and working that afternoon to prepare the evening English-news broadcast. He had focused his broadcast on what was to be the subject of Pope John Paul II’s catechesis for the Wednesday General ...
