D.D. Emmons
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Forty years ago, on May 13, 1981, the programming at media outlets around the world — television, radio, newspaper services — was interrupted with a news flash announcing that Pope John Paul II (r. 1978-2005) had been shot. An attempt on the pope’s life had occurred during his Wednesday weekly audience. As these reports stunned
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