Rome, Oct. 24 -- King Charles III became the first British monarch to pray publicly with a pope in 500 years during his state visit to the Vatican today, after a bruising week back home with the continued fallout over the Prince Andrew scandal.
Beneath the Sistine Chapel's magnificent vaulted ceiling, painted by Michelangelo, Charles and Pope Leo XIV prayed together in a special ecumenical service - a first since at least the Reformation, reports CNN.
The service focused on care of creation, a long-standing concern of the King's and a topic which Pope Leo has highlighted early in his pontificate. It was presided over by Leo and the Church of England's Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell.
A joint choir from St. George's Chapel and the Ch...