events
During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan María Fernández y Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.
Related Wikipedia articles
Mary, mother of Jesus
Mother of Jesus
Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many of them mentioned in the Litany of Loreto. The Eastern and Oriental Orthodox,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Fátima, Portugal
Civil parish in Oeste e Vale do Tejo, Portugal
Fátima is a city in the municipality of Ourém and district of Santarém in the Oeste e Vale do Tejo Region of Portugal, with 71.29 km2 of area and 13,212 inhabitants (2021). The homonymous civil parish encompasses several villages and localities of which the city of Fátima is the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Juan María Fernández y Krohn
Spanish priest and attempted assassin of Pope John Paul II
Juan María Fernández y Krohn is a Spanish Traditionalist Catholic journalist, lawyer, and former priest who was convicted for the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II in 1982.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pope John Paul II
Head of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005
Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI in the 16th century, as well as the third-longest-serving pope in history, after Pius IX and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Bayonet
Pointed weapon attached to the end of a firearm
A bayonet is a knife, dagger, sword, or spike-shaped melee weapon designed to be mounted on the end of the barrel of a rifle, carbine, musket or similar long firearm, allowing the gun to be used as an improvised spear in close combat.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
May 12
Day of the year
May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 233 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)