Bild am Sonntag: East German secret service, the Stasi, spied on Pope Benedict from 1974
NewsFromRussia.comEast Germany's secret police used eight agents to report on Pope Benedict XVI
20:13 2005-10-03
The former East Germany's secret police used a total of eight agents over the years to report on Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, the agency that oversees the Stasi's files said Monday.
Christian Booss, a spokesman for the agency, confirmed a report published Sunday by the Bild am Sonntag weekly that the Stasi spied on Ratzinger starting in 1974.
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USA Today
Posted 10/3/2005 12:10 AM
Report: Former East Germans spied on pope
By Melissa Eddy, AP Writer
BERLIN — The former East German secret service considered Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, one of the most dangerous critics of communism and spied on him starting in 1974, a leading weekly reported Sunday.
The Bild am Sonntag released excerpts of vast files showing that the secret police, or Stasi, closely watched Ratzinger for years, collecting biographical details, information from spies and expectations of his next moves.
Ratzinger's friendship with Polish-born Pope John Paul II — who Poles today largely credit with giving them the courage to challenge communism — was viewed by the Stasi as particularly dangerous.
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