Agca wants to visit John Paul II's tomb

(ANSA) - Rome, December 15 - The man who shot and wounded Pope John Paul II in 1981 told ANSA on Monday he wants to visit the pope's tomb, but Italy has not granted him a visa.
    Mehmet Ali Agca, 56, served 19 years in Italy, where the pope visited him in prison. He was then deported to his native Turkey, where he served 10 years.
    "I would like to go to the tomb of John Paul II, who visited me in prison," the would-be assassin told ANSA.
    "I couldn't go to his funeral so I would like to pay my respects as to a spiritual brother".
    Agca went on to say that Emanuela Orlandi, a teenaged Vatican citizen who went missing in 1983, is still alive.
    "There is no reason to kill her," Agca said. "She is absolutely alive, probably in some convent. The Vatican knows everything and denies everything...it would be difficult for Emanuela to re-emerge on her own and for the Vatican to restore her to her family".
    "This mystery will continue for many years. Pope Francis too doesn't speak, because his advisers are telling him not to say anything".