The Vatican and the Knights Templar

On October 25, the Vatican will release a nearly 700 year-old report on the holy warriors known as the Knights Templar. The report documents the the accusations of heresy against the order, the Knights' defense, and Pope Clement V's exculpation of the order.

"... the Templars must somehow have survived, adapted, or been subsumed into another, even more secretive trans-national group. Over the centuries, the allegedly still-extant order has been portrayed as malevolent, benign, heroic and occult."

The Vatican and the Knights Templar - TIME