Monday, August 04, 2008

Max: This is...Odd

Via The Telegraph

The Association of the Sovereign Order of the Temple of Christ, whose members claim to be descended from the legendary crusaders, have filed a lawsuit against Benedict XVI calling for him to recognise the seizure of assets worth 100 billion euros (£79 billion).

They claim that when the order was dissolved by his predecessor Pope Clement V in 1307, more than 9,000 properties as well as countless pastures, mills and other commercial ventures belonging to the knights were appropriated by the church.

But their motive is not to reclaim damages only to restore the "good name" of the Knights Templar.

2 Comments:

Blogger Laura said...

So.... The Knights Templar are Catholic, aren't they? And they're suing the Pope? Iiinnnteresting...

August 05, 2008 12:32 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I believe the Knights Templar were heritics and at one point all ordered executed by the pope at the time

August 05, 2008 3:34 PM  

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