On May 13, 1981, shortly after 5:00 p.m., Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian pope in 455 years, the first Slavic pope ever, and — to the great dismay of the Soviet Union — an intensely ...
In May 1981, Pope John Paul II narrowly survived assassination after being shot and wounded in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican City by Mehmet Ali AÄŸca who he later forgave. In a post on X ...
Visit the homepage for more information. The message of Fatima tangibly intervenes in John Paul II’s life on May 13, 1981. The Pope considered the day of his attempted assassination not coincident.