Chinese viewers today became the first in the world to see The Da Vinci Code movie, as the controversial tale that challenges a basic premise of Christianity began its global rollout to protests and bad reviews.

A CATHOLIC nun said yesterday she staged a 12-hour protest against filming of controversial best-seller The Da Vinci Code at Lincoln Cathedral because it was heretical.

A Roman Catholic nun told today why she had staged a 12-hour protest against the filming of controversial best seller The Da Vinci Code at Lincoln Cathedral.