'Everyone was crying': An eyewitness recalls the attempted assassination of St John Paul II
An arrow points to David DePerro in St. Peter's Square on May 13, 1981. / Magda Gorman/Used by permission.Vatican City, May 13, 2022 / 03:47 am (CNA).On May 13, 1981, Mehmet Ali Agca shot Pope John Paul II and critically injured him. The pictures of the pontiff in a blood-soaked cassock in a jeep went around the world. David DePerro, who was nine years old at the time, saw the assassination attempt at close range. In an interview, the now 50-year-old speaks about how he experienced the attack and explains why he only talks about it decades later.Markus Vögele: On May 13, 1981, you were in St....
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