Wednesday, January 11, 2006
FORGIVENESS VATICAN STYLE
Mehmet Ali Agca, who served 17 years in Italian prisons for the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II (bio - news), has credited the Vatican with helping to secure his release.
Agca will be set free on parole by Turkish prison officials on Thursday, January 12. He has been serving out an earlier jail sentence in Turkey since being pardoned by Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi in 2000.
In a letter sent to the Italian daily La Repubblica, Agca offers his "deepest gratitude and respect to the Pope for helping to secure my release."
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