Originally published at Churchpop
Saint John Paul II died on April 2, 2005.
However, the late pope survived two assassination attempts, one of which provided the faithful with a shirt relic the Church preserves and venerates today.
The Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul preserve this important relic in Rome. The shirt contains blood stains from the assassination attempt on May 13, 1981.
People without resources, single mothers, and immigrants go to the Roman Province of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent for help.
However, the house is also a pilgrimage site for preserving Saint John Paul II’s shirt.[embedded content]
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“You can still see the pope’s blood stains on the relic, and you can make out three distinct holes,” Sister Maria Rosario of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul told Rome Reports.
“They are holes caused by bullets. Not because there were three bullets, but since the shirt was folded over itself, because of how he was standing.”
Sister Maria also explained how the relic came to them: through nurse Anna Stanghellini, who had preserved the undershirt in her closet for many years.
“In the operating room, they cut his shirt into two pieces and threw it on the floor because they
