COMMENTARY: John Paul explicitly attributed his survival of the shooting to the intercession of Our Lady of Fatima.

COMMENTARY: The 45 years since the attempt on the Holy Father’s life allow us to see the hand of Providence more clearly.

Marking the anniversary of the attempted assassination of St. John Paul II and the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, Pope Leo XIV said Mary is the "perfect model" of what the Church is called to be.

John Paul II’s Marian devotion shaped his Christian witness and strengthened his moral authority during the Cold War ...

Shaped by God’s grace and by welcoming Jesus through her faith and “virginal love,” Mary is the “perfect model of what the ...

"There's nothing calculated about the man," says the author.

Before he started his general audience, Pope Leo XIV stepped out of his popemobile on May 13 and walked over to pray beside a ...

On that fateful day right before lunch, John Paul II rode slowly through St. Peter's Square in an open white jeep, and he ...

Miracles are extraordinary events caused by God’s intervention in the world. They often help deliver a message God desires to ...

Before the beginning of the General Audience on May 13, as Pope Leo XIV passed through the crowds in the popemobile, he ...

On May 13, 1981, the world was shocked by an assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square. As the Pope ...