
Patrick Novecosky: Pope John Paul II assassination attempt – the secrets behind shooting 40 years ago
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Forty years ago on Thursday, the world reeled in horror as news broke that a gunman had shot Pope John Paul II at point-blank range in St. Peter’s Square.
The shooting was even more shocking because only six weeks earlier John Hinckley Jr. had tried to kill President Ronald Reagan, critically wounding the 40th president in Washington, D.C If John Paul knew Moscow was behind the attempt, why keep silent? The attempt on the pope’s life came late on Wednesday afternoon, the usual time for the pope’s weekly general audience at the Vatican. John Paul, who was nearly 61 years old at the time, was in his open-air Fiat popemobile when Turkish hitman Mehmet Ali Ağca opened fire.More Related News