Uhusiano wa 'karibu' wa John Paul II na mwanamke wazua utata

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Mamia ya barua na picha zinazosimulia kuhusu uhusiano wa karibu kati ya Papa John Paul II na mwanamke aliyeolewa zimeoneshwa kwa BBC.

Urafiki huo ulidumu kwa miaka 30.

Barua hizo alizomwandikia mwanafalsafa Mmarekani, ambaye ni mzaliwa wa Poland, Bi Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka zimewekwa faraghani katika Maktaba ya Taifa ya Poland kwa miaka mingi.

Zinafichua sura nyingine ya maisha ya kiongozi huyo wa kidini, aliyefariki mwaka 2005.

Hata hivyo, hakuna ishara zozote kwamba Papa alikiuka kiapo chake cha useja.

Urafiki wao ulianza 1973 pale Bi Tymieniecka alipowasiliana na Papa huyo, wakati huo akiwa Kadinali Karol Wojtyla, aliyekuwa akisimamia Jimbo Kuu la Krakow, kuhusu kitabu cha filosofia ambacho kiongozi huyo wa kidini alikuwa amekiandika.

Mwanamke huyo aliyekuwa wakati huo na umri wa miaka 50 alisafiri kutok Marekani hadi Poland kujadili kitabu hicho.

Baadaye, wawili hao walianza kuwasiliana. Mwanzoni, barua za kadinali huyo zilikuwa rasmi, lakini uhusiano wao ulipoendelea kuimarika, zikawa za undani zaidi.

Wawili hao walianza kushirikiana katika kuandika upya kitabu cha kadinali huyo na walikutana mara nyingi, wakati mwingine karani wa kadinali huyo akiwa, na wakati mwingine peke yaao.

Pia waliwasiliana mara kwa mara.

Mwaka 1974, aliandika kwamba alikuwa akisoma tena na tena barua nne kati ya alizoandikiwa na Bi Tymieniecka katika mwezi mmoja kwa sababu „zilikuwa na maana sana na zilikuwa za undani”.

Picha ambazo hazijawahi kuonyesha hadharani kwa umma zinamuonyesha Karol Wojtyla akiwa ametulia sana.

Alimwalika Bi Tymieniecka ajiunge naye katika matembezi na katika likizo akiteleza kwenye theluji. Wakati mmoja, alijiunga naye katika safari ya kwenda na kupiga hema. Picha zinaonyesha mwanamke huyo akimtembelea Vatican.

Katika barua moja Septemba 1976, Kadinali Wojtyla anaandika: "Mpendwa Teresa, nimepokea barua zote tatu. Unaandika kuhusu kutamauka, lakini sikupata jibu kuhusu maneno hayo.”

Anamweleza kama “zawadi kutoka kwa Mungu”.

BBC haijaona barua zozote za Bi Tymieniecka. Lakini inaaminika ziliuziwa Maktaba ya Taifa ya Poland na Bi Tymieniecka mwaka 2008, miaka sita kabla yake kufariki.

Lakini hazikuwa pamoja na barua zilizoandikwa na Papa ambazo BBC ilioneshwa.

Kadinali Wojtyla alikuwa na marafiki kadha wengine wa kike, akiwemo Wanda Poltawska, mtaalamu wa masuala ya akili ambaye waliwasiliana naye kwa miongo kadha.

Lakini kwenye barua zake kwa Bi Tymieniecka anaonekana wakati mwingine kuguswa sana n ahata kutatizwa na maana ya uhusiano wao.

Papa John Paul II alifariki 2005, baada ya kuongoza Kanisa Katoliki kwa miaka 27. Mwaka 2014 alitawazwa kuwa mtakatifu.

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The late Pope John Paul II maintained a close friendship for more than 30 years with a female U.S. academic, according to a BBC investigation.

Hundreds of letters and photographs revealed that the Polish pope, who died in 2005 and was made a saint in 2014, shared an intimate friendship with Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, a Polish-born philosopher. Tymieniecka, who died in 2014, worked with the pope on some of his academic writings.

The investigation does not suggest that John Paul broke his vow of celibacy and a Vatican source has dismissed its content as being “more smoke than fire,” according to The Guardian.

John Paul II, whose real name was Karol Wojtyla, was appointed as leader of the Roman Catholic Church in 1978 and was one of the longest-serving popes in history. The process of beautification in the Roman Catholic Church usually takes many years, but John Paul was expedited to sainthood in just nine years.

His friendship with Tymieniecka began in 1973, when the academic contacted the then-cardinal about a book on philosophy he had written and travelled from the U.S. to Poland to discuss the work. The pair began to correspond and Tymieniecka assisted John Paul with editing his book, The Acting Person, and they corresponded frequently. Photographs seen by the BBC also show that Tymieniecka joined John Paul on skiing holidays and camping trips, as well as visited him at the Vatican after his appointment as pope.

In his letters, John Paul described Tymieniecka as a “gift from God.” While there is no allegation that the pair were romantically involved, the letters appear to suggest that Tymieniecka had strong feelings for the future pope. John Paul wrote in a 1976 letter to Tymieniecka: “You write about being torn apart, but I could find no answer to these words.” Tymieniecka was married to Hendrik Houthakker during the period of her correspondence with John Paul.

The letters also reveal that the pope gave Tymieniecka the gift of a scapular—a small Roman Catholic devotional necklace—which he had received at his first Holy Communion. The BBC did not see any of Tymieniecka’s letters to the pope, which were believed to have been sold to the Polish National Library in 2008.

John Paul maintained close friendships with several women, including a psychiatrist named Wanda Poltawska, during his life. “It was known that he was friendly with Tymieniecka and Poltawska,” a Vatican official told The Guardian.

The BBC Panorama documentary The Secret Letters of Pope John Paul II airs on BBC One on Monday at 8.30 p.m. GMT.

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