Ankara, Turkey, Jan 18, 2010 / 15:18 pm
The man who attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981 was freed from a Turkish prison on Monday. His mental stability is in question after a statement was circulated, upon his release, that includes his self-proclamation as being "Christ eternal."
After 52-year-old Mehmet Ali Agca had left the prison in Ankara on Monday, lawyers representing him reportedly distributed handwritten copies of a statement from their client claiming, among other things, that the end of the world is upon us and that he himself is "Christ eternal."
"All the world will be destroyed in this century. Every human being will die in this century," reads the note, according to Italy's Libero News.
Also included in the message are claims that he is "not God" and "not the son of God", but "Christ eternal," the sacred Word made flesh.