Posted on 10/17/2025 7:47:39 AM PDT by Winniesboy
King Charles will become the first reigning English monarch since Henry VIII split from Rome in 1534 to pray publicly with a pope during his state visit to the Holy See next week.
The king will join Pope Leo XIV at an ecumenical service in the Sistine Chapel during his visit with the queen to the Vatican on 22-23 October, a gesture regarded as a “significant moment” in relations between the Catholic church and the Church of England, of which Charles is supreme governor.
The royals will also visit the Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls, whose connections with the English crown stretch back to Saxon rulers.
The king has agreed, that he will become “royal confrater” of the abbey. This gift of “confraternity” is a recognition of spiritual fellowship.
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: “This will be the first state visit, since the Reformation, where the pope and the monarch will pray together in an ecumenical service in the Sistine Chapel, and the first time the monarch will have attended a service in St Paul’s Outside the Walls, a church with an historic connection to the English crown.”
A Church of England spokesperson said praying with the pope and the king’s acceptance of the title “royal confrater” was against the backdrop of centuries marked by “mutual distrust” between the English state and the papacy, which softened during the development of the ecumenical movement in the early 20th century, and with Anglicans and Catholics continuing the search for unity today.
"The royal confrater title,.... is a tribute to his majesty and to his own work over many decades to find common ground between faiths and to bring people together,” the spokesperson said.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Or that Charles wasn’t a Muslim.
The people that know him say he is closer to the the religion of his father Phillip - Greek Orthodoxy then anything else. All these photo ops of him with Muslims etc. are simply that PR.
Not a good sign, considering the character of both the Pope and the King. Both appear to be islamaphiles.
And the king is a king in name only.
Both serve their Deep State masters.
Talks happening at pace over Tel Aviv fan ban, says Downing Street
Paging the House of Windsor.
Home Office was told last week about potential Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban, police football unit says
Q for the BBC: And how long has the Beeb known about it? Inquiring minds want to know.
Better for him to pray with a somewhat woke Catholic Pope... Then pray with this left of center lunatic, a more than woke Archbishop of Canterbury who believes in abortion... The Archbishop who oversees his Church of England.
A Christian church that sanctions abortion is truly ‘not’ a
Christian church.
neither one is a christian
Emily Damari
@EmilyDamari1
I was released from Hamas captivity in January and I am a die hard fan of Maccabi Tel Aviv.
I am shocked to my core with this outrageous decision to ban me, my family and my friends from attending an Aston Villa game in the UK.
Football is a way of bringing people together irrespective of their faith, colour or religion and this disgusting decision does the exact opposite. Shame on you.
I hope you come to your senses and reconsider.
I do wonder what exactly has become of British society, this is like putting a big sign on the outside of a stadium saying “No Jews allowed”
What has become of the UK where blatant antisemitism has become the norm?
What a sad world we are living in.
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I welcome the news that Maccabi Tel Aviv fans will not be permitted to watch the match at Aston Villa! Well done to all those that signed our petition!
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Why not? He prays with the Muslims. 🙄
C’mon. Many, many world leaders engage in public prayer on certain occasions.
They’re going to pray for the health of icebergs.
Not sure what this has to do with anything ?
The ban was reversed, and it was only suggested because the Bobbie pussies in the UK were afraid they could not contain the semetic violence that was likely to erupt.
It’s time for the king to step down and separate the crown from the Church. End the theocracy.
Two fruitcakes praying for what, they do not know.
the bigger surprise to me is that King Charles appears to be claiming to believe in God
What a lack of Charity you have.
Or, they could go to the Vatican Altar that the mooslimb just pissed on.
This Pope may be more woke than the last one was, which I never thought was possible.
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