Letters reveal ‘intense’ 30-year friendship between Pope John Paul II and married Polish emigre

There is no evidence or basis to suggest Pope John Paul II had improper relations with a married woman, according to Poland’s national library.

The library spoke out after the BBC, based on letters from its archives, detailed an “intense” 30-year friendship between the two.

The BBC says there is no suggestion of a sexual relationship between the pope and Polish-born philosopher Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka but the letters reveal an intense bond between them.