This move is in response to the annual campaign by modern-day followers of the Templar tradition.

A letter to the Pope from living descendents of the Templars appeared in the press in 2004. "We shall witness the 700th anniversary of the persecution of our order on 13th October 2007," the letter said. "It would be just and fitting for the Vatican to acknowledge our grievance in advance of this day of mourning."

On 25 October 2007, exactly 13 days from the morning of the anniversary, an official document will be released by the Vatican absolving the Knights Templar and confirming their innocence.

Jaques, London, UK

As the Vatican can confirm, anyone who wishes to know the true history of the Poor Knights of Christ and the Chalice of the Last Supper must be familiar with the visions of Sister Anne Catherine Emmerich (d. 1824). Sister Emmerich--allegedly told by Christ, Himself, that she was the greatest visionary in the history of the Church--revealed that she had been shown the secret hiding place of the Grail, that it has been carefully preserved, and that when the time is right it will again be rediscovered. No doubt this will be in conjunction with the prophecy concerning the rediscovery of Joseph of Arimathea's incorrupt body at Glastonbury, with the two cruets of the blood and sweat of Christ, those other supreme relics of His crucifixion. Soon?

Louis K. Jarvis, Crestone, USA

I'm a Mason Blue Lodge, that's why they call them secrets, because they're supposed to remain that way

Kenneth James Robinson, Honolulu, Hawaii