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The ecumenical gestures comes as the Anglican Communion undergoes a split over the choice of a woman for archbishop of Canterbury.
For the first time since the 16th century, the monarch of England and the bishop of Rome prayed together last week. The step is a gesture of ecumenical friendship, according to two British Catholic journalists.
Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III prayed the midday prayer of the Divine Office side by side in the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, joined by Anglican Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell and Queen Camilla. The occasion marks the first time since the Protestant Reformation that a reigning British monarch and a pope have prayed together during a royal state visit to the Vatican.
“I think this was a sort of healing,” British Catholic journalist Joanna Bogle told EWTN News Nightly. “As is known, his majesty really, honestly is a sincere Christian. This is a man who goes to church regularly — he is a believer. And he is very anxious to show ecumenical goodwill.”
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For the first time since the 16th century, the monarch of England and the bishop of Rome prayed together last week. The step is a gesture of ecumenical friendship, according to two British Catholic journalists.
Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III prayed the midday prayer of the Divine Office side by side in the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, joined by Anglican Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell and Queen Camilla. The occasion marks the first time since the Protestant Reformation that a reigning British monarch and a pope have prayed together during a royal state visit to the Vatican.
“I think this was a sort of healing,” British Catholic journalist Joanna Bogle told EWTN News Nightly. “As is known, his majesty really, honestly is a sincere Christian. This is a man who goes to church regularly — he is a believer. And he is very anxious to show ecumenical goodwill.”
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British Catholics React to Historic Prayer Service with Pope Leo and King Charles
The ecumenical gestures comes as the Anglican Communion undergoes a split over the choice of a woman for archbishop of Canterbury.
