US EditionBuckingham Palace announcement as King set to make history in days
King Charles and Pope Leo XIV will pray together publicly for the first time since the Reformation and discuss environmental and sustainability initiatives, Buckingham Palace said.
- On October 22 to 23, King Charles and Queen Camilla will visit the Vatican, meeting Pope Francis and praying together in public for the first time since the Reformation.
- Buckingham Palace said the trip is a significant moment in relations between the Catholic Church and the Church of England and was postponed from early April due to former Pope Francis's declining health.
- The visit's programme includes a private audience at the Apostolic Palace, visits to the Papal Basilica and Abbey of St Paul's Outside the Walls, and engagements at the Pontifical Beda College, while Queen Camilla will see Michelangelo's frescoes and meet choirs and six Catholic sisters.
- Buckingham Palace added that `The visit will mark Their Majesties' first meeting with Pope Leo XIV since his election in May 2025`.
- Historically, the visit recalls Henry VIII's 23 break with Rome, while Buckingham Palace and the Vatican say it follows over a hundred years of warmer UK–Vatican relations and features a special chair in the Basilica of St Paul's Outside the Walls.
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