For centuries, popes were treated in total secrecy inside the Vatican…Pope Paul VI even had surgery in a makeshift operating room inside the Apostolic Palace. But in 1981, after an assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II, everything changed.
Rushed to Rome’s Agostino Gemelli Hospital, John Paul II spent over 150 days here throughout his pontificate, eventually nickname-ing the hospital "Vatican III." So let’s take a look at the unique place the Gemelli Clinic holds in the story of the Catholic Church.

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