Actually, there have been several popes who had attempts on their lives. The most recent and best know was Pope John Paul II.
John Hinckley Jr.
He is almost always a cardinal, usually a cardinal archbishop.
He got shot in the chestbut he survived in the hospital
No, he lived for almost 26 hours after being shot.
Without a doubt, the pope is the most protected man in the world and not the president of the United States. This is because since the 1200s no pope has been assassinated but many presidents have been assassinated in recent times.
Pope John Paul was 84 years old, almost 85, when he died.
While there is no official age requirement (yet), to be selected as pope you do have to meet certain qualifications which excludes almost any one who is young.
About as assassinated as a pretzel can assassinate.
A:Leo V was pope for only a very short period before he was assassinated by a successor as pope. The conflicting stories of his murder have given Pope Leo V more fame than he otherwise would have had.Leo was either murdered a few weeks after his election, by his successor, Pope Christopher, or the following year by Pope Sergius III, who also murdered Christopher. There should only be one pope at any one time, and Christopher was considered a true pope until the twentieth century, but is now considered an anti-pope, which means that he is now considered not to have been properly elected because Leo was still in prison but alive.
He prays almost constantly for peace in the entire Middle East region.
Roman Catholic AnswerTechnically, any adult male Catholic. In reality it is almost always a Cardinal.
The Catholics, the Pope, and his family, courtiers, and as far as I know- almost all of England!