All visitors and tourists to the village of Rennes-le-Château are conned and being victims of fraud and are told lies! The usual story that the aficionados like to tell and to wallow in are lies, lies and more lies. There are plenty of believers who would have on their tombstones carved “I was a Believer in the Lies of Rennes-le-Château” – it will suitably be carved as THEIR EPITAPH on their gravestones!

The real story of the Abbé Bérenger Saunière is FAR LESS EXCITING than secrets, mysteries, treasures and the “bloodline” of an “Ordinary Joe” Jesus Christ.

The reason why amateur researchers have picked on Mary Magdalene is because the church of Rennes-le-Château is dedicated to Mary Magdalene. NO OTHER REASON.

The real powerhouse and strong energy behind the existence of Rennes-le-Château 1891-1909 was Bernadette Soubirous, the Grotto of Lourdes and its visions of the Virgin Mary. Abbé Bérenger Saunière was an active Anti-Republican priest during the period of the conflict between Church and State in France and his wealth-creation was because he was leading a money-laundering scheme at Rennes-le-Château to do with the Shrine of Lourdes, that was acting as the real magnet behind it all.

That is the whole story of Abbé Bérenger Saunière’s wealth – those activities.
NOTHING MORE – NOTHING LESS.

So, unless you want to wallow in the lies of Rennes-le-Château – the facts lie in the Shrine and Grotto of Lourdes and what it symbolised – anti-Republican opposition against the atheistic French Republic. That was why Abbé Bérenger Saunière gave his church the second meaning of “Terribilis Locus Iste” (normally serving as a traditional plainchant Introit for the dedication of a Catholic church).