1.0Beliefnet Newshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/newsmconsolihttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/author/mconsoliEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to Visit U.S. This Weekrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="GLXlIy5SKn"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2009/10/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholom">Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to Visit U.S. This Week</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2009/10/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholom/embed#?secret=GLXlIy5SKn" width="600" height="338" title="“Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to Visit U.S. This Week” — Beliefnet News" data-secret="GLXlIy5SKn" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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(RNS) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, will visit New Orleans this week (Oct. 20-24) for a symposium on the environment with scientists, policymakers and religious leaders. Bartholomew, spiritual leader to 275 million Orthodox Christians around the globe, arrives in New Orleans on Tuesday and will deliver the symposium’s keynote…