Pope John Paul II

=== Communist attempt to compromise John Paul II ===
[[File:Grafiti rijeka 1208.jpg|thumb|Graffiti showing John Paul II with quote "Do not be afraid" in [[Rijeka]], [[Croatia]]]]

In 1983, Poland's Communist government unsuccessfully tried to humiliate John Paul II by falsely saying he had fathered an illegitimate child. Section D of [[Służba Bezpieczeństwa]] (SB), the security service, had an action named "Triangolo" to carry out criminal operations against the Catholic Church; the operation encompassed all Polish hostile actions against the pope.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/axis101306.htm |title=Polish secret services played key part in criminal plot to kill John Paul II |newspaper=Canada Free Press |date=13 October 2006 |access-date=23 October 2014}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=April 2019}} Captain Grzegorz Piotrowski, one of the murderers of beatified [[Jerzy Popiełuszko]], was the leader of section D. They drugged Irena Kinaszewska, the secretary of the Kraków-based weekly Catholic magazine ''Tygodnik Powszechny'' where Wojtyła had worked, and unsuccessfully attempted to make her admit to having had sexual relations with him.<ref name=sbd>{{cite news |url=http://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/historia/aktualnosci/artykuly/439582,prowokacja-sluzby-bezpieczenstwa-plotki-o-dziecku-papieza.html |title=Nieślubne dziecko Jana Pawła II. Kulisy esbeckiej prowokacji |language=pl |trans-title=Illegitimate Child of John Paul II. A behind-the-scenes SB provocation |newspaper=[[Dziennik]] |date=4 October 2013 |access-date=23 October 2014}}</ref>

The SB then attempted to compromise Kraków priest Andrzej Bardecki, an editor of ''Tygodnik Powszechny'' and one of the closest friends of Cardinal Wojtyła before he became pope, by planting false memoirs in his dwelling; Piotrowski was exposed and the forgeries were found and destroyed before the SB could say to have discovered them.<ref name=sbd />