King Charles III and Queen Camilla prayed Thursday with Pope Leo XIV in a historic visit to the Vatican to forge closer relations between the Church of England and the Catholic Church.

A panel of Vatican experts said Pope Leo XIV is working to unite a polarized church, elevating migrants and contemplating AI.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla met with Pope Leo XIV on Thursday. The trio met during an audience at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. They then went to the Sistine Chapel where, for the first time in 500 years, a King of England and a pope prayed together.

King Charles has become the first British monarch to pray with a pope at the Vatican since the Catholic and Anglican churches split up five centuries ago.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have visited the Vatican to pray with Pope Leo XIV. This historic meeting aims to strengthen ties between the Church of England and the Catholic Church. The event marks the first time since the Reformation that the heads of these two churches have prayed together.

The items, including an Inuit kayak, are part of the Vatican Museum’s ethnographic collection, known as the Anima Mundi museum.

The Vatican's child protection commission criticized senior Catholic leaders in an annual report on Thursday for not moving quickly enough to help victims of sexual abuse by clergy and to implement new safeguarding efforts worldwide.

King Charles and Queen Camilla have arrived at the Vatican to meet with Pope Leo. The trio is expected to pray together, marking the first time a British monarch has prayed with a Pope in public since

State visit to Holy See understood to be deeply significant for monarch personally and will celebrate Papal Jubilee held every 25 years

The Vatican's child protection commission accused senior Catholic leaders on Thursday of being too slow to help victims of sexual abuse by clergy and implement new safeguarding efforts in an unusually critical internal report on the issue.