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Mehmet Ali Agca, centre, who shot Pope John-Paul II in Rome in 1981, speaks to the surrounding media as he arrives at a hotel after he was released from prison in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.
Monday, Jan. 18, 2010

Open quoteI am the Christ eternal. The gospel is full of mistakes. I will write the perfect gospel.Close quote

  • MEHMET ALI AGCA,
  • in a statement upon being freed from prison, almost three decades after he shot and wounded Pope John Paul II
Photo: Ibrahim Usta / AP | Source: New York Times