(RNS) Mehmet Ali Agca's expulsion came two days after he placed flowers on the late pope’s tomb in St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday. (RNS) Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish man who tried to assassinate St.

A would-be assassin shot at Pope John Paul II four times — but the pontiff lived. More than 30 years later, the gun used by Mehmet Ali Agca on that fateful day will be placed on display at a museum ...

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 officials ...

Wednesday, May 13, marked 45 years since the attempted assassination of then Pope John Paul II ...

ANKARA, Turkey — The Turk who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 was released from prison yesterday after more than 29 years behind bars, and proclaimed that he was a messenger of God and that the world ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Pope John Paul II blessed followers a few seconds before being shot and seriously wounded May 13, 1981 at Saint Peter’s square by Turkish extremist Mehmet ...

Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish man who tried to assassinate St. John Paul II in 1981, was expelled from Italy Monday after paying a visit to the tomb of the Polish pope. An Italian judge on Monday ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- The Turkish man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 was released from prison on Monday after more than 29 years behind bars. Mehmet Ali Agca waved to journalists as he left the ...