By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
New information has surfaced about a Soviet-backed assassination attempt on the life of Pope John Paul II in 1987 that was foiled when the assassin’s Catholic wife told a priest who alerted police.
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New Film Reveals Pope John Paul II Was Stabbed
By Susan Brinkmann
Staff Writer
A new documentary based on the book by Pope John Paul II’s long-time personal secretary, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, reveals much about the late pontiff’s life, including the time he was stabbed by a knife-wielding priest during a trip to Fatima.
