Pope Francis met four British imams at the Vatican today, two weeks after the Westminster terrorist attack. The meeting was part of the Pope's effort to encourage Muslim leaders who renounce using religion to justify violence.
The audience was scheduled long before the March 22 attack, in which a man mowed down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing three, before fatally stabbing a policeman on the grounds of Parliament.
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, accompanied Moulana Muhammad Shahid Raza, Moulana Ali Raza Rizvi, Moulana Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi and Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra to the Vatican. As well as the papal audience, the delegation also met Cardinal Tauran at the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue.
