FILE--A hand holding a pistol, left, aims from the crowd at Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome in this May 13, 1981 file photo. Moments later the pontiff was shot. Italy's President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi on Tuesday, June 13, 2000 pardoned the Turkish gunman who wounded Pope John Paul II in the 1981 assassination attempt, the Justice Ministry said. (AP Photo/File)