New Vatican research details John Paul II’s 1946 exit from occupied Poland aleteia.org
Canadian priest who spends much of his time doing research at the Vatican has uncovered what he believes to be the first mention of future Pope John Paul II in a letter to the Vatican.
The letter dates from 1946, when Karol Wojtyla was about to become a priest. It was discovered in September by Fr. Athanasius D. McVay, a priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church who for more than 20 years has been doing research in Vatican archives regarding Ukraine. The letter he found is in the Archive of the Second Section of the Secretariat of State. Together with all the 1939–1958 materials, it had been under embargo until March of this year…
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