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He made over 170 visits to 115 countries in the twenty years between 1979 and 1999, and in those visits he reached out to people of all ethnicities and all political beliefs, including Fidel Castro of Cuba.
In May 1981, John Paul II was shot and critically wounded in St. Peter's Square by a Turkish gunman named Mehmet Ali Agca. By the time John Paul II was rushed to the hospital he had lost about three-quarters of his body's blood and was unconscious. The bullets that struck him narrowly missed his mesenteric artery and his abdominal aorta. The Pope required five hours of surgery to stop the bleeding. He survived thanks to the Grace of God and in a gesture that followed the teachings of Jesus Christ, he forgave his attacker.
Indeed, two days after Christmas, 1983, John Paul II visited the prison where Mehmet Ali Agca was serving his life term. He spoke privately with Agca for about twenty minutes, and...
And there would be a second and a third assassination attempt, but those too were unsuccessful.
This is a man who was physically strong, who worked out, who liked to jog in the Vatican gardens and lift weights. He also enjoyed swimming and hiking in the mountains, and his fondness for physical activity was yet another positive example he set for citizens all over the planet. Just before he died on Saturday April 2, 2005, he spoke his final words: "Let me go to the house of the Father." He did indeed go to that house, and over four million people poured into Vatican City to pass by his body and honor him. He was an inspiration, and he always will be.
Indeed, two days after Christmas, 1983, John Paul II visited the prison where Mehmet Ali Agca was serving his life term. He spoke privately with Agca for about twenty minutes, and when he emerged from this meeting the Pope said that he "spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust."
Later it was revealed that the attempted assassination - in John Paul's opinion - had been the work of the Soviet Union. And there would be a second and a third assassination attempt, but those too were unsuccessful.
This is a man who was physically strong, who worked out, who liked to jog in the Vatican gardens and lift weights. He also enjoyed swimming and hiking in the mountains, and his fondness for physical activity was yet another positive example he set for citizens all over the planet. Just before he died on Saturday April 2, 2005, he spoke his final words: "Let me go to the house of the Father." He did indeed go to that house, and over four million people poured into Vatican City to pass by his body and honor him. He was an inspiration, and he always will be.
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