Venerable Pope John Paul II nurtured a deep devotion to Our Lady of Fatima, frequently saying that it was her protection that saved his life when he was shot by a would-be assassin on May 13, in 1981.Venerable John Paul II was hit by four bullets fired at him by Mehmet Ali Agca of Turkey on May 13, 1981 in St. Peter's Square. Agca, was later forgiven in jail by the Pontiff. When John Paul II visited the shrine he offered Mary one of the bullets that struck him in the 1981 assassination attempt. The bullet was returned to Fatima after the pope's recovery and is now enshrined in the crown of her statue. http://www.straphaeloil.com/
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