On May 13, 1981 he had a close encounter with Mehmet Ali Agca in Rome; he would later visit Agca in prison
[DOC] [TLE] When Pope John Paul II forgave the man who shot him - Mashable [PAR] Sep 30, 2015 ... On May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II was crossing St. Peter's Square in Vatican ... 
Mehmet Ali Aca, who had escaped from a Turkish prison after receiving a ...