LONDON: King Charles III leaves for a state visit to the Vatican Wednesday, where he will meet Pope Leo XIV and make history as the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with the pontiff since the schism between the churches 500 years ago. The visit comes at a delicate time for the British king following new revelations about his brother, Prince Andrew, who is mired in a scandal surrounding late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Charles and Queen Camilla will meet Leo for the first time since he succeeded the late pope Francis in May.

Re Carlo e la regina Camilla arriveranno oggi (22 ottobre) a Roma per incontrare Papa Leone XIV in udienza privata. Una visita storica. Re Carlo sarà infatti il primo monarca…

LONDON: King Charles III leaves for a state visit to the Vatican Wednesday, where he will meet Pope Leo XIV and make history as the first head of the Church of England to pray…

The King arrives for a state visit to the Vatican, against the backdrop of the Prince Andrew scandal.

Capo Chiesa Inghilterra e pontefice a pregare, prima volta da scisma

This symbolic rapprochement between Anglicanism and Catholicism comes as both churches face internal divisions over social issues.

King Charles has become the first British monarch to pray at a public service with the Pope, since the Reformation five centuries ago. In an extraordinary moment in religious…

The King will become the first British monarch to pray at a public service with the Pope since the Reformation

Charles becomes first reigning British monarch to pray with a pope publicly since Henry VIII split from Rome in 1534

King Charles III prayed with Pope Leo after exchanging gifts at the Vatican on Thursday, making him the first head of the Church of England to do so since it split with the Holy…

Es war das erste gemeinsame öffentliche Gebet eines Oberhauptes der anglikanischen Kirche von England mit einem Papst überhaupt: König Charles III. und Papst Leo XIV. waren…

The prayer closes a gap that stretched back to the Reformation in the 16th century.