Templar heirs?

[jmc_bks]

Check out this news story from Madrid:  purported "heirs" to the Knights Templar are suing the Catholic Church.  I haven't read the complaint or petition (how are charging docs styled in Spanish courts?), but the article indicates that they are asking for the pope to "recognize the seizure of assets worth 100 billion euros".  I'm wondering if that is the first step in asking the church to cough up the value of those assets.  Is that artful language from the prayer for relief indicating damages sought or what?

Heh, prayer...no pun intended originally, but I'm entertained by the one that occured naturally.