Pope John Paul II Forgave The Man Who Tried to Assassinate Him in 1981. At the Pope’s Request, the Italian President Pardoned Mehmet Ali Aca for the Crime and was Deported Back to Turkey.

From 1978 until his passing in 2005, Pope John Paul II presided as the leader of the Catholic Church and the ruler of the Vatican City State. He was eventually canonized as Pope Saint John Paul II. But what happened to Pope John Paul II’s attempted assassin? Mehmet Ali Aca, the attempted assassin who shot […]

Pope John Paul II Forgave The Man Who Tried to Assassinate Him in 1981. At the Pope’s Request, the Italian President Pardoned Mehmet Ali Aca for the Crime and was Deported Back to Turkey. Read More »