Christ not to attend Pope's funeral; Cardinals relieved

[MysteryFellow63427]

ANKARA, Turkey — Authorities today turned down a request by the man who shot and seriously wounded Pope John Paul II in 1981 to leave prison and attend the pontiff’s funeral, his lawyer said.

Mehmet Ali Agca was seeking permission under a Turkish law that allows 72 hours’ leave to prisoners who have served a quarter of their term and have shown “good behavior,” said his lawyer, Mustafa Demirbag.

In a written statement in Italian faxed to the AP through his lawyers, Agca repeated his claim that he was the messiah and that he was writing “the true perfect bible.” He signed off the letter: “Mehmet Ali Agca, the messiah servant.”

And once again, the moral of the story is “don’t shoot someone if you want to go to see him buried first hand.”

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[Kythereia]

Are there enough :rolleyes: anywhere?

[Gadfly]

@Kythereia

Are there enough :rolleyes: anywhere?

There were once, but they all drowned in Challenger’s Deep, one day in 1960.

[Sampiro]

If the Pope were alive, he’d let Agca come to his funeral.

Which is really ironic when you think about it…