Holy See of the East of Rome also claims the title of the Catholicos and the Holy Apostolic See of St. Thomas. Patriarch Mar Addai II, is the Catholicos of the Ancient Church of the East. The current Seat of the Catholicos of Ancient Church of the East is in Baghdad, Iraq. The official title of the Head & Father of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church is "the successor to the Holy Apostolic See of St. Thomas and the Gate of All India". The church is headed by the Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly, Cardinal Maran Mar George Alencherry. The current Seat of the Major Archiepiscopal Curia
Multilateral foreign policy of the Holy See and secondly, true friendship offered above all to those who are suffering, a willingness to make sacrifices and to practise self-denial, to be alongside the suffering." The Holy See underlined that responsible parenthood entails responsibility and demands discipline and self-restrain, particularly in the area of sexual behavior. The Holy See opposed efforts to endorse Family planning methods which separate what, in its view, are the two essential dimensions of human sexuality: the transmission of life and the loving care of parents. At the Cairo Conference, the Holy See opposed the term "family planning services" which encompass sterilization, since it was