"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 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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Turkish man who tried to kill Pope John Paul II and subsequently spent three decades in jail, has laid flowers at the tomb of the former pontiff. Mehmet Ali Ağca shot John Paul twice at close ...

The man who attempted to kill Pope John Paul II, Mehmet Ali Agca.AFP/Getty Images The gun — on three-year lease from Rome’s penal authorities — and a replica of the bullet will be among ...

Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot and seriously wounded Pope John Paul II in 1981, said from his Turkish ... security prisoner to attend the funeral of a man whom he had shot. “We don’t have much ...

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 ...

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 ...