History is made as King joins Pope in prayer

KING Charles III and Pope Leo XIV made history yesterday when they prayed together in a symbolic moment of unity for Anglicans and Roman Catholics across the globe.

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> Left to right (at the front): Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell, Pope Leo XIV, King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend an ecumenical service at the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City yesterday

(Simone Risoluti/Vatican Media/Press Association)

The Pontiff led the prayer during the ecumenical service in the Vatican’s famous Sistine Chapel, likely to be seen as another milestone in the journey of the two churches.

It was the first time a British monarch, the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, had prayed at a public service with the Pope, head of the Catholic Church, since the Reformation.