The Turkish man who in 1981 attempted to kill Paul John Paul II walked free today from a prison in Istanbul. Mehmet Ali Agca shot and wounded the pope as he was being driven through St. Peter's ...

"The mystery of Fatima goes on. Long live Jesus Christ!" Ağca, 23 at the time, shot Pope John Paul II twice at close range while the pope was travelling in an open car through St. Peter's Square ...

The would-be assassin who shot and wounded Pope John Paul II in 1981 laid flowers at the saint’s tomb Saturday during a surprise visit to St. Peter’s Basilica. The visit by Mehmet Ali Agca ...

On his release from a Turkish prison today, Mehmet Ali Agca -- who shot Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981 -- released a statement saying, in part, that: "I proclaim the end of the world.

ISTANBUL Almost three decades after he shot and wounded Pope John Paul II, Mehmet Ali Agca walked free from prison on Monday, heading to a luxury hotel and proclaiming himself to be “Christ ...

The Turkish gunman who spent years in prison for attempting to assassinate Pope John Paul II laid flowers at his tomb on Saturday. Mehmet Ali Agca laid white flowers at the Pope’s resting place ...

Proclaiming himself “the Christ eternal,” the Turkish man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 was freed from prison Monday and immediately predicted the end of the world. Turkish military ...

ANKARA, Turkey – The Turkish gunman who shot and wounded Pope John Paul II has applied for Polish citizenship and wants to live in the late pontiff's country of birth when released from prison ...

Prosecutors decided Monday that the man who shot Pope John Paul II must stay in prison until 2010, the Anatolia news agency reported. Mehmet Ali Agca was returned Friday to the high-security ...

ANKARA, TURKEY - The man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 will be released from prison this week after a court decided he had completed his sentence for the attack on the pontiff and other ...

VATICAN CITY - The Turkish gunman who shot and wounded John Paul II in 1981 laid white flowers ... the 31st anniversary of his meeting with the pope. John Paul, who forgave his attacker, visited ...