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Mehmet Ali Agca

Latest 27 December 2019

Today in 1983 John Paul II forgives his would-be assassin Mehmet Ali Ağca

On May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II was crossing St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City when an attempt was made on his life. Mehmet Ali Ağca, who had escaped…
13 May 2018

37 years ago, the day when the Pope, St. John Paul II was shot at the Vatican.