When the unexplained movement of the bullet from the attempted assassination was told to Pope John Paul II, he said: “One hand shot (the would-be assassin) and another hand guided (the Blessed Virgin Mary).” The assassination attempt had been made on May 13, 1981, the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, and Pope John Paul II credited Our Lady of Fatima with saving his life. In honor of Mary’s intervention, the pope placed the would-be assassin’s bullet in the crown of Our Lady while on pilgrimage to Fatima in 1982. The pope also ordered a mosaic image of Mary to adorn the square. No other image or statue of Mary was present until the mosaic was placed there in December of 1981.