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Katarzyna Szalajko

Katarzyna Szalajko

45 years on, attempted assassination of St John Paul II recalled as turning point in history

Katarzyna Szalajko May 21, 2026
45 years on, attempted assassination of St John Paul II recalled as turning point in history

Before he started his general audience, Pope Leo XIV stepped out of his popemobile on May 13 and walked over to pray beside a plaque marking the spot where history took a turn that shocked the world 45 years before. St John Paul II was shot precisely there on May 13, 1981—a day of the…

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