The Pope Sued for Billions by Heirs of the Knights Templar
Posted August 20th, 2008 by Michael
With the recent popularity of books such as “The Da Vinci Code” and “The Secret” and other esoteric hits.. this is a hot story. At least I think it is. The Brothers of the Rosy Cross are tryiong to strike it rich and claim artifacts that they say, were stolen from them. It is an interesting battle to claim rights to such things based around Jesus, whom would have renounced possesion for a wooden bowl and piece of stale bread. Or not funny depending how you look at it. The crusades were a horrible time, people were killed, enslaved, and all in the name of religions claiming their “loving doctrine” of righteousness. Now, I don’t want to sound too cynical because I happen to think scripturs of all kinds are beautiful and inspiring… I just don’t really get the organizations around them and their politics. I mean I don’t think you’ll ever get that kind of Hostility around a Tom Robbins book club. This story is interesting though. I am sure their will be more to follow on this. Check it out.
“A group of people claiming to be the heirs of the legendary Knights Templar are suing Pope Benedict XVI, seeking more than $150 billion for assets seized by the Catholic Church seven centuries ago. They also want to restore the order’s good name. When they fell out of favor, members were accused worshipping the devil & were burned at the stake.”
– Story From NPR read more | digg story