(ANSA) - VATICAN CITY, MAY 13 - Two Polish cardinal said Mass
in the Vatican basilica Thursday to mark the 40th anniversary of
the attempt on the life of Polish Pope John Paul II by Turkish
would-be assassin Ali Agca.
Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, archbishop of Krakow and former
particular secretary to JP II, and Papal Almoner Cardinal Konrad
Krajewski officiated at the ceremony near the late pope and
saint's tomb.
Agca shot John Paul twice in St Peter's Square on May 13, 1981.
The former 'grey wolf' told ANSA Wednesday that full light had
not yet been shed on his assassination attempt on the popular
pope credited with helping bring down the Berlin Wall.
"Certainly full light has not been shed on the attack on Pope
John Paul II," said Agca, who lives in Turkey after his pardon
for the attack and having served out a term for the 1979
assassination of leftwing journalist Abdi İpekçi.
"However, the Italian parliament's Mitrokhin commission did
discover some truths" about those behind the attack.
"Furthermore, KGB Major Victor Ivanovich Sheymov had already
confessed something about the attempt on the Polish pope's life.
"But many people's memories are fading in a world full of
events, naturally".
Agca, 22 at the time of the attack, was forgiven by John Paul
immediately afterwards and also when they met in prison in 1983.
(ANSA).
Polish cardinals say Mass on 40th anniversary of JPII attack
Turk Ali Agca shot pope on May 13, 1981