Hi It's entirely possible that many Catholics of the time believed that the St Bartholemew's Day killings were justified, but I think that most Catholics of the present day would not hold that opinion. Indeed, I looked up "Huguenot" in The Catholic Encyclopedia and found the following: "... Thus occurred the odious Massacre of St. Bartholemew, ......" In addition, no mention of burning and pillaging by Huguenots in Paris and being provocative towards the police [police ?].Therefore, I think that in the promotion of even-handedness and even the more controversial concept of historical accuracy, the word "rightfully" should have been deleted. However, anybody who wants to overhaul the Huguenot section in Wikipedia in an attempt to eliminate bias has a mammoth task and I wish you good luck! Best wishes Martin Blignaut -- Martin moslins1@fastmail.fm -- http://www.fastmail.fm - And now for something completely different…