Vatican Silent on Agca

Probably the appropriate response:

The Vatican is accepting the decision of a Turkish court to free Mehmet Ali Agca. The would-be assassin of Pope John Paul II will be released on parole on January 12.

Questioned on January 9 about the news that Agca would be freed this week, the director of the Vatican press office said that his only news on the issue came from wire-service reports. Joaquin Navarro-Valls added simply: "The Holy See, faced with such a juridical question, confides in the decisions of the courts involved in this matter."