Krakow, May. 16, 2007 (CWNews.com) - Pope Paul VI was spied upon, probably throughout his pontificate, according to a Polish priest who has studied relations between the Church and the Communist secret police.
 
 Father Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski, the author of a controversial book on relations between Church officials and government agents in Poland, reports that he has discovered a Russian-language report by the former East German secret police, showing that the Communist regime was receiving information about the Pope's meetings.
 
 The East German spy agency had information about the health of Pope Paul VI in 1974, the record shows. The report also includes notes on the Pope's meetings with an American ambassador, and information about the Church in Poland and Church-state relations in Portugal.
 
 The documents suggest that the source of the might have been Polish, Father Isakowicz-Zaleski says.