Obama Meets Green Orthodox Leader

A religious leader who cares about the environment? A religious leader who doesn't believe everything at mankind's feet isn't for the taking? Wow. Obama's scheduled to meet with the "green Patriarch" at 11:25 am eastern.

An unusual environmental lobbyist will be making the rounds this week on Capitol Hill: the spiritual leader of the Orthodox Church.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the highest spiritual figure for the world's 250 million Orthodox Christians, arrived in Washington on Sunday night for a week of lectures and meetings highlighting his interest in environmental health as a religious issue. He is scheduled to meet with President Obama on Tuesday, Vice President Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday. WaMo