VATICAN CITY -- It's not the Holy Grail, but for fans of "The Da Vinci Code" and its tantalizing storyline about the Knights Templar, it could be the next best thing. Ignored for centuries, documents ...

In contemporary literature, the Order of the Knights Templar was the focus of novels by Dan Brown (“The DaVinci Code”), Umberto Ecco (“Foucault’s Pendulum”), Ken Follett (The Pillars of the Earth), ...

ROME -- The Vatican has published secret documents about the trial of the Knights Templar, including a parchment showing that Pope Clement V initially absolved the medieval order of heresy. The ...

In contemporary literature, the Order of the Knights Templar was the focus of novels by Dan Brown (“The DaVinci Code”), Umberto Eco (“Foucault’s Pendulum”) and Ken Follett (“The Pillars of the Earth”) ...