You wrote:
“Seems like the Knights Templar got their apology.
In the meantime, the current Pope could revoke the following:
“Pastoralis Praeeminentiae November 22, 1307 Instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.”
Why revoke what can’t be rovoked? There is no Templar Order today so there’s no reason to “revoke” this.
“Vox in excelso Which officially dissolved the Order”
Again, same problem.
“Ad providam Turned over most Templar assets to the Hospitallers (with a generous “commission” to Philip IV).”
Again, same problem.
Well, au contraire, according to the article the Templars never "ceased to exist" but merely went "underground." Furthermore,
"Ben Acheson, a member of a Templar order based in Hertford, Hertfordshire, which claims direct descent from the original Poor Fellow Soldiers of Jesus Christ and the Temple of Solomon Grand Preceptory, called for Pope Benedict XVI to apologise formally."So, presumably, European monarchs are still under orders to arrest Templars, AND they are still officially "dissolved" AND the Hospitaliers still have a claim on their assets.
Joan of Arc was declared a heretic (for wearing men's clothing) in 1431 and burned alive at the stake. In 1456 the Pope initiated a second trial (they reinterviewed all the original witnesses still living) and, in the end, declared the earlier trial null and void and rehabilitated her. Why do this, after all, as you say, what's done is done? There are many good reasons, for one, to satisfy and comfort her mother, also, to give her good name back, also to honor Joan as a good example and role model, and finally, to honor justice and truth which the church claims to be in favor of.