Little fanfare in Vatican over Agca release

The release of the Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II passed with little notice at the Vatican today, with the Vatican newspaper ignoring the news and Pope Benedict XVI making no public mention of it during a busy day of audiences and speeches.

Vatican Radio arried a brief interview with a spokesman for Turkish bishops, Monsignor Georges Marovich, who urged the public not to make a big deal about the release of Mehmet Ali Agca.