Richard Branson and other business leaders met in Rome for the Fortune-Time Global Forum

The bishops were refused entry due to fears that they might not return home

Freedom without the underpinning of clear and absolute values is not freedom at all

Robert Spaemann, a friend of Benedict XVI, said the cardinals had chosen the right course and wishes more would join them

The demonstration followed protests by hardline Muslims against the city's minority Christian governor

'First and foremost the apostolic exhortation recalls the mercy and compassion of God,' the patriarch wrote

Patriarch Kirill led a sanctifying ceremony in the Saint Trinity Church

Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan visited beleaguered Christians in northern Iraq last month

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