john paul ii, i thought, you know? he was a poet and a writer, and i think a kind of mystic, i.e., a poet who lived in a religious context. and something about that he himself really believed that s the thing, i think john paul ii projected a profound, deep, sincere faith that was sort of contagious. and you are right about the mystical dimension of john paul ii. you ll remember, of course, that on may 13th, 1981, he was shot in st. peter s square by a turkish gunman, which also happened to be the catholic church s feast of our lady. he was convinced that the virgin mary, our lady of fatima kept him alive that day. and on the one-year anniversary of that event, he went to the shrine of fatima and placed the bullet that doctors had taken out of his rib cage, placed it into the crown of the statue of the virgin to thank her for his intercession. and people saw the depth of his
on may 13th, 1981, the pope was shot in st. peter s square and barely survived. rescued from death, he believed, by mary s hand. i believe and i am sure he believes it, too, that it was the virgin of fatima that saved him. yes, i think he believes it. the pope has said once to my bishop that he comes to fatima every day. fatima is the town in portugal where the catholic church believes this image of the virgin mary appeared to three shepherd children on may 13, 1916, 65 years to the day that the pope was nearly killed by this bullet. the virgin mary also gave three secrets to the children. the first, a vision of hell. the second, the need to defeat
heart of marian devotion. that has been especially true under pope john paul ii and with good reason. on may 13th, 1981, the pope was shot in st. peter s square and barely survived. rescued from death, he believed, by mary s hand. i believe and i am sure he believes it, too, that it was the virgin of fatima that saved him. yes, i think he believes it. the pope has said once to my bishop that he comes to fatima every day. fatima is the town in portugal where the catholic church believes this image of the virgin mary appeared to three shepherd children on may 13, 1916, 65 years to the day that the pope was nearly killed by this bullet.
got transferred to the feminine figure in the christian tradition, connected with jesus at his birth, namely his mother. the vatican is the sacred heart of marian devotion. that has been especially true under pope john paul ii and with good reason. on may 13th, 1981, the pope was shot in st. peter s square and barely survived. rescued from death, he believed, by mary s hand. i believe and i am sure he believes it, too, that it was the virgin of fatima that saved him. yes, i think he believes it. the pope has said once to my bishop that he comes to fatima every day.
security forces deem as necessary, and, and what the pope clearly is, is very intrinsic to how he sees the, the role of himself as a shepherd of his people? oh, absolutely, soledad. i mean we were talking earlier this morning that the world may be charmed by pope francis so far, but his security detail, not so much. i mean, you know, one of them was quoted in the italian papers this week as saying that if things don t get back to normal around here pretty quickly this guy s going to drive us all nuts because they re scrambling to sort of keep up with him. clearly this is a pope who does not want to be placed inside a bubble and sort of separated from people, who wants to be accessible to them. there s going to have to be a sort of period of adjustment for the security forces, figuring out how to allow him to do that. and at the same time, keep him safe. i mean you mentioned on air this morning, pope john paul ii used to move around st. peter s square in that open-air, but it was disc