The authors whose copyright infringement suit against Dan Brown failed are not giving up on their copyright challenge, and have been given permission to appeal their loss.

Meanwhile, the Vatican is backpedaling from its own hysteria, claiming it was all invented by the book's publicists to stir up controversy for book sales.

A self-proclaimed descendant of Jesus and Mary Magdalen just happens to have a novel of her own to flog. (Amazing coincidence, that.)

A fundamentalist Christian unhappy with the plot of the Da Vinci Code takes matters into his own hands, and offers his own (unintentionally hilarious) ending for the Da Vinci Code (as recounted by Burning Taper)

This isn't the only attempt by the religious to insert themselves into the same popular culture they despise- Christians who feel left out of the fun of games like "Magic: the Gathering" can play their own bible-based card game, "Redemption," which swaps fantasy heroes for biblical ones.

Wiccans continue to speak up about the refusal of the Veteran's Administration to allow Wiccan symbols for soldier's graves, all while offering the emblems of numerous smaller religious groups; when pressed, the VA simply removes the evidence from their website.

Madonna may complain about the lack of Christmas trees, but it lookas like the Kabbalah Centre's Australian leadership has nothing against a bit of festive greenery- the smokable variety, that is. One has to wonder, what really goes in the "Kabbalah Water?"