Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II’s goes back to his ‘Father’s home’
Knowing that the time to go to eternity was approaching for him, in agreement with the doctors he had decided not to…
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…
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1914 WWI: Serbia declares war against Germany 1916 Malta's former Prime Minister Dom Mintoff was born 1937 Franco's artillery fires on Madrid…
On this day in 1920, Pope John Paul II was born
On May 18, 1920, Karol Jozef Wojtyla is born in the Polish town of Wadowice, 35 miles southwest of Krakow.Wojtyla went on…
On this day, in 2005 Pope John Paul II died
On April 2, 2005, Pope John Paul II died in his Vatican apartment at age 84. He led the Roman Catholic church…
37 years ago, the day when the Pope, St. John Paul II was shot at the Vatican.
On Wednesday, May 13, 1981, Mehmet Ali Agca attempted to assassinate the pope, St. John Paul II, by firing a handgun at…