Heart unlikely to be sent to Poland

SOME officials in Krakow, where Pope John Paul II was archbishop, hope his heart can be buried in their cathedral alongside Poland’s medieval kings and saints, but a senior cardinal cast doubt on that happening.

“We would like the heart of the greatest Krakovian and the greatest Pole to rest at Wawel (Cathedral),” Mayor Jacek Majchrowski was quoted as saying.

“But the rules are set by the Church and we will respect them.”