King Charles and Pope Leo make history by praying together at the Vatican

King Charles III has made history by becoming the first reigning British monarch to pray publicly with a Pope since Henry VIII broke with Rome in 1534, an event perceived as a symbolic step in reconciliation between the Catholic and Anglican churches.

The monarch and his wife, Queen Camilla, joined Pope Leo XIV for a service under Michelangelo's ceiling frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, where in May Leo was elected the first American pope to lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

The royal visit to the Vatican State comes at a delicate time for Charles, 76, after his brother, Prince Andrew, agreed to give up the use of the title Duke of York due to concerns about his relationship with the late convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Charles and Camilla were last at the Vatican in April, when they paid a surprise visit to the recovering Pope Francis during a state visit to Italy. Pope Francis died later that month. /CNA

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