Visits to the European Parliament by spiritual leaders

In the context of the visit by His Holiness Pope Francis to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on the 25 November 2014, this feature looks at other visits by spiritual leaders to the European Parliament over the last twenty five years including His Holiness Pope John Paul II, the Dalai Lama, The Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomeus I,His Eminence Ahmad Badr El Din El Hassoun, Grand Mufti of Syria, Sir Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, and Dr Asma Jahangir, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief.