Producers of Angels & Demons, once again starring Tom Hanks, have been told by Catholic officials they cannot use the churches of Santa Maria del Popolo and Santa Maria della Vittoria, two architectural jewels in the heart of the city that include paintings by Caravaggio, sculptures by Bernini and a chapel designed by Raphael.

Richard Leigh, who has died aged 64, was a co-author of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, one of the most controversial books of the 1980s; in 2006, with Michael Baigent, he lost his plagiarism case against the American Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, the spectacularly successful thriller which they claimed was based on their book.

A Scottish church which featured in the bestselling novel “The Da Vinci Code” has revealed another mystery hidden in secret code for almost 600 years.

Author Dan Brown won his copyright infringement case Wednesday, after Britain’s Court of Appeal rejected efforts from two authors who claimed he stole their ideas for his blockbuster novel, “The Da Vinci Code.”

A painter fascinated with best-selling conspiracy thriller The Da Vinci Code committed suicide after becoming convinced she was the subject of a real-life murder plot.

The Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to the author of the The Da Vinci Code, refusing to consider a case alleging copyright infringement.

China has ordered cinemas to stop showing The Da Vinci Code, weeks after it was released in the country.

The government of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has banned the release of the Hollywood film The Da Vinci Code.

The priest of Rosslyn Chapel has resigned amid widespread speculation that he is no longer prepared to tolerate the worldwide hype generated by The Da Vinci Code.

REDLANDS - Even before "The Da Vinci Code" made $224 million in theaters, area booksellers already saw profits from books and materials related to the movie based on Dan Brown's novel. Although Selah Christian Store in Redlands and the Adventist Book Center in Loma Linda sell religious-themed fiction books, Brown's book is not among them.

Take it from an old prof, grading top students is boring. You glance over their exams and write "A" and "nice job." Except for the grade, it's much the same with the flunking ones. But toward the bottom of the pack, somewhere between C- and D+, is where the fun begins. Their bluebooks are a wonderful mishmash of fact and foolishness. You can tell where they listened to the lecture, and when they fell asleep. And so it is with "The Da Vinci Code," the movie version of which opened last week.

May 23, 2006 - This past weekend churches across the country held premieres of a new documentary, "The Da Vinci Code Revealed." This high quality presentation has been produced by Watchman Fellowship, an Evangelical ministry recognized as a national leader in the defense of the Christian faith.

The plot of The Da Vinci Code turns on the revelation of a "sacred feminine" core to Christianity — a secret supposedly so shocking that it might overturn the Catholic Church.

VATICAN CITY, (AP) -- "The Da Vinci Code" film was "much ado about nothing' and the fuss surrounding it was nothing more than a clever marketing strategy to increase sales at the box office, the Vatican newspaper wrote in a review published Tuesday.

The Peak practice of Peter Allamby and Miles Davidson, doctors who run a surgery on the edge of the Derbyshire Dales, holds a secret. Unbeknown to their patients, the GPs are the new keepers of The Da Vinci Code.