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 ...

This handout photo provided by lawyers Gokay Gultekin and Yilmaz Abosoglu representing Mehmet Ali Agca shows Agca waiting in a military hospital in Ankara on Jan. 18, 2010. Photo by STR/AFP/Getty ...

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A tapestry featuring Pope John Paul II is seen in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, April 25, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini (Reuters) VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The man who tried to kill former Pope ...

Would-be papal assassin Mehmet Ali Agca has been released from prison in Turkey. (Note to World: Bad idea.) He’s got big plans. He wants several million dollars to tell his story. He wants to visit ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Police on Friday took the man who shot Pope John Paul II back into custody after an appeals court ordered him to return to prison to serve more time for killing a journalist and ...

Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish former extremist who attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II, on Saturday laid flowers on the late pontiff's tomb. The latest highly publicised act of contrition by ...

The man who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981 wants a day's leave from jail to discuss theology with Pope Benedict while in Turkey this week, his lawyer said yesterday. "I (Mehmet Ali Agca) ...

Many Turks are confused by the early release of the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981. Mehmet Ali Agca was also convicted of the 1979 murder of a liberal newspaper editor in Turkey. Last week's ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981, has not made required daily check-ins with the Istanbul police since his release from a Turkish prison ...

(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.