Pope John Paul II's Would-Be Assassin Lays Roses At His Tomb

NPR (blog)

Pope John Paul II's Would-Be Assassin Lays Roses At His Tomb

NPR (blog)

- ‎Dec 28, 2014‎

The Turkish man who tried to kill Pope John Paul II and subsequently spent three decades in jail, has laid flowers at the tomb of the former pontiff. Mehmet Ali Ağca shot John Paul twice at close range on May 13, 1981 as the pope was traveling in an ...