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Tony Jones

King to pray at public service with Pope during state visit to Vatican

Pope Leo XIV and King Charles - (Reuters/Getty Images)

The King will become the first British monarch to pray at a public service with the Pope since the Reformation when he makes a state visit to the Vatican.

Charles, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, and Pope Leo XIV, head of the Catholic Church, will pray together during an ecumenical service in the famous Sistine Chapel, a symbolic moment of the continuing dialogue between their two churches.

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