THE ABOVE PHOTO IS ONE OF MOTHER MARY HOLDING JOHN PAUL II IN HER ARMS WHEN HE
WAS SHOT IN 1981. THIS HAPPENED ON MAY 13, 1981. POPE JOHN PAUL II WAS SHOT AS HE
ARRIVED IN ST. PETERS SQUARE TO SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAD GATHERED THERE. WHEN
HE WAS SHOT, HE WAS HOLDING THE ROSARY, WHICH HE ALWAYS CARRIED. WHEN HE FELL TO
THE GROUND, OUT OF NOWHERE, A WOMAN RUSHED TO HIS SIDE AND EMBRACED HIM. THE
PHOTOGRAPH IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY ONE OF THE GATHERED PEOPLE WHO WAS BUSY
TAKING THE POPES PHOTOS WITH HIS CAMERA. THE WOMAN VANISHED AS QUICKLY AS SHE
APPEARED.