'Vatican Ordered Hit on Pope John Paul II'

The man responsible for an assassination attempted on the late Pope John Paul II has stated in a television interview that 'the Vatican government' had ordered the hit.

Mehmet Ali Agca, recently released after spending 30 years behind bars, stated on Turkish national television that, "The Vatican government decided on the Pope's assassination."

"They planned and organized it. The order to shoot the Pope was given by Vatican Secretary Cardinal Agostino Casaroli," he said.

Agca was arrested in 1981 after he shot the Pope in St. Peter's Square. At the time, he claimed that he had acted alone; later, however, Agca testified that he was paid by the Bulgarian secret service.'

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