The attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II took place Process_start on Wednesday , 13 May 1981 , in St. Peter 's Square in Vatican City .

The Pope was shot Use_firearm and wounded Bodily_harm by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering Arriving the square .

The Pope was struck Attack four times and suffered Bodily_harm severe blood loss .

The Pope later forgave Ağca for the assassination Committing_crime attempt .

He was pardoned by Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi at the Pope 's request Request and was deported Extradition to Turkey in June 2000 .

The quarrels Quarreling were at first settled Resolve_problem with the aid Assistance of Pope Innocent IV in 1254 , when Béla received Receiving large parts of Styria and later installed Change_of_leadership his son Stephen as a duke .

Hugh IV of Cyprus and the Order of the Hospital joined Participation and on 2 November 1342 , the Pope sent Sending letters to engage Participation the men and ships of Venice .

The precarious situation of the Crusaders in Asia spurred Influence the Pope to organise Arranging a second expedition in 1345 .

They defeated Conquering five consecutive crusades proclaimed Statement against them by the Pope ( 1420 , 1421 , 1422 , 1427 , 1431 ) , and intervened in the wars Hostile_encounter of neighboring countries .

The military 's action was supported Supporting by the Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar Ahmed el-Tayeb , the Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II and opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei .

The funeral of Pope John Paul II was held Defending on 8 April 2005 , six days after his death Death on 2 April .

On 22 February 1996 , Pope John Paul II introduced Statement revisions to the centuries-old ceremonies surrounding papal death , repose and burial .

Pope John Paul 's funeral brought Bringing together what was , at the time , the single largest gathering Come_together in history of heads of state outside the United Nations , surpassing the 1965 funeral of Winston Churchill , only to be surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by the funeral of former South Africa leader Nelson Mandela in December 2013 .

In 2005 , Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio , who would later become Becoming Pope Francis , was the first public personality to sign Sign_agreement a petition Request for justice in the AMIA bombing Attack case .

The First Crusade ( 1095–1099 ) was the first of a number of crusades Military_operation that attempted to recapture Recovering the Holy Land , called Request for by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in 1095 .

Crusade historian Carl Erdmann considers Coming_to_believe the raid a direct precursor to the First Crusade ( `` ganz als Kreuzzug ausgeführt '' ) which occurred Coming_to_be eight years later , as it was conducted Action under the banner of St. Peter against a Muslim ruler who was demonised in the accounts of it , and a form Coming_to_be of indulgence was granted Giving to the campaigners by Pope Victor III .

The Roman Catholic Church and its leader Pope Benedict XVI condemned Judgment_communication the initial attack Attack .

This day is Saint Silvester 's Day , as it is the day in which the Catholic saint , who was a Pope , died Death in the 4th century of the Christian Era .

The Nag Hammadi massacre Killing gained Getting widespread Dispersal international attention , and was condemned Judgment_communication by Pope Benedict XVI , Lebanese MP Nadim Gemayel , Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini , and Canadian foreign minister Lawrence Cannon .

Pope Innocent III and his successor Pope Honorius III organized Arranging crusading armies led by King Andrew II of Hungary and Leopold VI , Duke of Austria , and an attack Attack against Jerusalem ultimately left the city in Muslim hands .

Pope Innocent III and his successor Pope Honorius III organized Arranging crusading armies led by King Andrew II of Hungary and Leopold VI , Duke of Austria , and an attack Attack against Jerusalem ultimately left the city in Muslim hands .

When Pope Julius II declared Expressing_publicly a Holy League against France in late 1511 , Navarre attempted to remain Presence neutral .

It was established Building by practice that the Pope had the power to relieve Confronting_problem members of his flock of the most solumn oaths , and it was a matter of principle among Catholics that faith was never to be kept Temporary_stay with heretics .

The Dutch Republic , Charles Emmanuel of Savoy and even the Republic of Venice – a traditional enemy of the Pope – sent Sending letters to Frederick informing Reporting him that they would not offer Supply him assistance if he accepted Receiving the Bohemian crown – but nonetheless , he did .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Lepanto was a naval engagement Hostile_encounter that took place Process_start on 7 October 1571 when a fleet Military_operation of the Holy League , a coalition of European Catholic states arranged Arranging by Pope Pius V , inflicted a major defeat on the fleet Military_operation of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras .

Pope Pius V instituted Coming_to_be the feast of Our Lady of Victory Getting , and Philip II of Spain used Using the victory to strengthen Cause_change_of_strength his position as the `` Most Catholic King '' and defender of Christendom against Muslim incursion .

The battle Hostile_encounter was crucial in the long war Hostile_encounter waged Hold by the Holy Roman Empire to attempt to assert Statement its power over the municipalities of Northern Italy , which decided Deciding to put Placing aside their mutual rivalries by allying Collaboration themselves in a military union symbolically led by Pope Alexander III , the Lombard League .