As pope, he placed this defense of church teaching ranging from its celibate all-male priesthood to its opposition to homosexual unions at the center of his efforts to revitalize Catholicism's dwindling flock in Europe, its historic home.
Police spokesman Hasan Haneef confirmed that Mr. Nasheed is being held at a detention center on the island of Dhoonidhoo, a few minutes by boat from Male.
During most of his professional life, Giuliani has situated himself at the center of a tight-knit group of associates, almost all of them white and male, whose foremost attribute is devotion to him.