The Turkish gunman who repeatedly shot Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in 1981 and also killed a journalist two years beforehand was released from a Turkish jail today after serving 25 years ...

(Reuters) -Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who tried to kill Pope John Paul in 1981, was released from prison in the Turkish capital Ankara on Monday. Here are some facts about Agca and the path that took ...

The men sit face-to-face, their knees touching. One wears what appears to be a drab blue shirt and jeans. A couple of days' growth of beard frames a downcast face. The other wears a flowing white robe ...

Mehmet Ali Agca did not resist arrest after eight days of freedom, and he was taken to police headquarters in Istanbul, where TV cameras showed him handcuffed and yelling in English, Turkish and ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The man who tried to kill former Pope John Paul II 33 years ago showed up at the Vatican on Saturday to put white roses on his tomb and said he wanted to meet Pope Francis.

John Paul was shot and seriously wounded on May 13, 1981, in St. Peter's Square by Mehmet Ali Agca, a Turk. But it has been suggested that larger political motives may have been behind the attack, ...

He has also said he wants to travel to the Vatican to see the tomb of John Paul II, who had visited him in prison in 1983 and forgave him for the attack, and meet with his successor, Pope Benedict XVI ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The gun used by a would-be assassin to shoot Pope John Paul II will be on display at a museum dedicated to the pontiff as a sign of God’s protection of him, according to priests ...