Mehmet Ali Agca

Would-be papal assassin Mehmet Ali Agca expelled from Italy

By Josephine McKenna — December 29, 2014
(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.

Vatican shoots down claim that Iran backed John Paul assassination attempt

By Alessandro Speciale — February 1, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican on Friday (Feb. 1) dismissed a claim by the man who tried to kill Pope John Paul II that the assassination attempt had been ordered by Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
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