Washington D.C. is to host the Third International Conference on Religious Freedom from Dec. 4-6 titled, "Persecution of Christians in the Holy Lands and the Middle East: Consequences and Solutions." The conference is sponsored by the Order of St. Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Previous conferences were held in Brussels and Berlin. The Order of St. Andrew said it is responding to Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s May 2014 common declaration expressing […]