The man who shot the Pope

[Spiderman]

I really found it touching when John Paul II visited the terrorist Mehmet Ali Ağca who shot him. They became good Buddies.

It's a beautiful story of reconciliation between two opposite characters.

"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 open car through St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, an attack that left the pope in critical condition.

The gunman was quickly arrested. John Paul recovered and later met Ağca in prison, where the pontiff forgave his would-be killer.

Ağca stood for a few moments in silent meditation over the tomb in St. Peter's Basilica before leaving two bunches of white roses."
Pope John Paul II's Would-Be Assassin Lays Roses At His Tomb

 

[Spiderman]

The pope was shot twice point blank on the feast of Our Lady of Fatima. He later placed the bullet in the crown of the Fatima pilgrim statue and thanked her for guiding the bullet. He said one hand shot and another hand guided the bullets.

Oddly enough, Fatima was the name of Muhammad's favorite daughter, a symbol of virtue in Islam

 

[Spiderman]

Not all Popes are bad people.

It's a beautiful thing when a would be killer and the victim become friends. The assassin held his victim in high esteem. I saw a documentary on it.

 

[Spiderman]

John Paul II was from Poland which arguably suffered worse under communist occupation than it did under Nazi occupation.

Poland was fighting against Hitler and Stalin at the same time while the Pope lived there. It was hell to live there.