Knights Templar Ask Pope for Apology
- The Insider, Nov. 17, 2004 -

      The Knights Templar have written a letter to the Pope, dated 13 October 2004, in which they formally request an apology for the persecution of their Order from 1307 A.D.. A Papal or Vatican response is required in time for 13 October 2007, which is the 700th anniversary of the arrest of the Templar leadership. Many of the leaders, including the Grand Master himself, were tortured and roasted alive for alleged heresy.

Public awareness of the Templars has never been higher than in today's more open and secular society, thanks in part to best-selling books such as The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown as well as many popular works of non-fiction (see below). Interest in esoteric topics and the occult has been boosted recently among old and young people alike by the highly publicised Harry Potter books about a fictional young wizard.

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FURTHER READING

Holy Blood Holy Grail (M. Baigent, R. Leigh, et al.) [ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0440136482/cbjoe-20 ]

Templar Revelation (L. Picknett, C. Prince) [ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684848910/cbjoe-20 ]

The Hiram Key (C. Knight, R. Lomas)
[ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1931412758/cbjoe-20 ]

The Davinci Code (D. Brown)
[ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0385504209/cbjoe-20 ]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix (J. K. Rowling, Mary Grandpre) [ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0439358078/cbjoe-20 ]