The successful assassination of the pope, head of the roughly 1.3-billion-strong Catholic church ... In May 1981, Pope John Paul II narrowly survived assassination after being shot and wounded ...

Security experts say the operation to secure Pope Francis' funeral will be anything but uncomplicated and straightforward.

The following year, while recovering from an assassination attempt, Pope John Paul II traveled to the Shrine of Merciful Love in Collevalenza, Italy, where he revealed that he felt spreading the ...