– After one of the operations a letter from Agca came. The letter stated: “I pray for you…”
– Not everything was clear there. In my opinion, this was not a sincere letter. Agca wanted to remind the world about him again
– Cynically?
– Yes.
– Do you remember, what did the Pope say about this letter?
I don’t remember him saying anything. He rarely commented on such personal stories. He just acknowledged that. He also took note of it, although I noted that it was difficult for him.
– Did he knew, who gave the order at that time?
– I cannot say. I don’t know. For all of us today, it’s a mystery. We trust that we will know the truth someday. The Holy Father only told us that he hopes that this would be revealed in the future. When he was in Bulgaria, he said he never believed in the so-called Bulgarian connection…
– Did he believe in the Russian connection?
– It’s hard to say. There was no evidence. I don’t know, really. One thing I know for sure. The Holy Father wanted the matter to be clarified and the truth to come to light.
– Were you at the side of the Pope with the brother of Ali Agca came?
– It was 1997, general audience. But, I wasn’t there. There was just Father Stanisław. I know that a few years after the assassination, it was probably 1987, the Holy Father also accepted Agca’s mother in a private audience. She asked for forgiveness and for her son’s pardon, for the Pope’s intervention. The Vatican gave forgiveness, but justice was in the hands of the court. She wanted him to be released earlier, so that he would not be in the prison anymore…
– Did she show some remorse on behalf of her son?
– I think so.
With the permission of Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki – “He liked Tuesdays the most”
M Publishing House, Krakow 2008
