"How Many Divisions Does the Pope Have?"

The monster Stalin's now ironical quip comes to mind reading this story of the unearthing of another Soviet plot against the man who ultimately brought down the Soviet Empire — Soviets sent Bulgarian assassin to kill Pope John Paul II during Cold War, claims priest. The wouild-be assassin "was betrayed by his Catholic wife," says the priest:

A woman told me that she had information of a possible assassination attempt. A husband or life partner of this woman, of Bulgarian origin, was in the possession of plans of the Pope’s route through Poland’s most holy city Czestochowa as well some train tickets. I called the security officials after which the would-be assassin was arrested.

The report states, "The woman confessed to her priest Zdzislaw Krol who alerted the police." I doubt this refers to sacramental confession (after all, the woman herself had no sin to confess), because had the priest broken the confessional seal, he would have been excommunicated.