A report by Eric J. Lyman and Giuliana Grillo from Vatican City in the March edition of The Washington Times: “In sunlit ceremony, pope urges leaders to offer people hope” ‘One significant VIP is the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartolomew I.  His presence at the installation is the first from the Istanbul-based Patriarchate in nearly thousand years since the Great Schism divided the church un 1054’

A report by Josh Gerstein in the March 20 issue of POLITICO: “Obama’s visit to Israel Renews Effort to Free Spy”