Friday, February 04, 2005
E-MAIL FROM LEE PENN
As the saying goes, "I am not making this up." Put this in the "news of the weird" file.
Pope's assailant sends get-well wishes from jail in Turkey
The story is below, with the hot parts highlighted.
Lee
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Pope's assailant sends get-well wishes from jail in Turkey
AFP: 2/3/2005
ISTANBUL, Feb 3 (AFP) -
The Turk who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981 issued a message from jail here Thursday, containing a wish of speedy recovery for the ailing pontiff and a bizarre call on him to acknowledge that the world has come close to an end.
Mehmet Ali Agca, 46, was extradited to Turkey in June 2000 after serving 19 years in Italy for shooting and seriously wounding the Pope, who has forgiven him for the attack.
In a brief handwritten statement in Italian faxed to AFP by his lawyer, Mustafa Demirbag, Agca wished the pope swift recovery.
"Dear Pope John Paul II, I and you suffer for the fulfillment of a divine universal plan... I thank you for having revealed on May 13, 2000 the third secret of Fatima.
"Dear Pope, you must now confirm that we are at the end of the world. This is the last generation of humanity on Planet Earth. Only like this will God give you health and miraculous strength for the coming years.
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