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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Tony Jones and Michael Howie

King Charles prays with Pope Leo at Sistine Chapel in historic moment

King Charles and Pope Leo prayed together in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Thursday, in the first joint worship including a British monarch and a Catholic pontiff since King Henry VIII broke away from Rome in 1534.

Latin chants and English prayers echoed through the chapel, where Leo was elected the first US pope by the world's Catholic cardinals six months ago in front of frescoes by Michelangelo depicting Christ delivering the Last Judgment.

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