(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.

Pope John Paul II's assassination attempt before masses at the Vatican City still remains one of the most unresolved mysteries.

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 ...

ANKARA, Turkey — Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, was arrested Friday and was set to return to jail after Turkey's Supreme Court overturned a lower court's decision to ...

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 ...

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ANKARA, Turkey — Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, was detained by authorities Friday after an appeals court overturned a decision to free Turkey’s most notorious criminal.

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 ...