On a tiny island in the Seine River, Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, was surrounded by flames when he made his last, terrifying curse. Both Pope Clement V and King ...

In Ridley Scott’s 2005 epic Kingdom of Heaven, The Knights Templar are portrayed as violent extremists. The film is about a crusader, Balian of Ibelin, who is fighting to defend the Crusader Kingdom ...

A group of people claiming to be the heirs of the legendary Knights Templar are suing Pope Benedict XVI, seeking more than $150 billion for assets seized by the Catholic Church seven centuries ago.

On March 29, 1139, Pope Innocent II endorses the Order of the Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Knights Templar) with the papal bull "Omne datum optimum." Latin for "Every perfect ...

The Knights Templar drug gang promised to halt violence during the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico, and called on other criminal organizations to do the same. Did the group keep its pledge? In ...

VATICAN CITY — A mere 700 years after the fact, the Vatican on Thursday attempted to set the record straight on the Knights Templar, a medieval military order charged with protecting pilgrims to the ...

The Knights Templar, an offshoot of the Familia Michoacana, one of Mexico’s most prominent drug cartels, issued warnings to other criminal organizations to avoid violence during an upcoming visit by ...

In Episode 7 of Knightfall Season 2, a trial began regarding the Knights Templar and the charges laid against them by King Philip IV of France (Ed Stoppard). This trial occurred on Friday the 13th, ...

The Knights Templar feature prominently in Dan Brown’s bestseller “The Da Vinci Code” and video game “Assassins Creed,” but now British historian Dan Jones gives them standalone treatment in his new ...