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Vatican will return dozens of artifacts to Indigenous groups in Canada
VATICAN CITY -- VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is expected to soon announce that it will return a few dozen artifacts sought by Indigenous communities in Canada as part of its reckoning with the Catholic Church’s troubled role in helping suppress...
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King Charles III and Pope Leo pray together in historic Vatican service
Rome: In a historic gathering, King Charles III of Britain and Pope Leo came together for joint prayers in the Vatican’s renowned Sistine Chapel on Thursday. This occasion marks the first time an English monarch, who also serves as the head of the...
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King Charles III and Queen Camilla Make Historic Trip to Vatican After 500 Years
King Charles III and Queen Camilla met with Pope Leo XIV during a historic trip to the Vatican. The couple had a jam-packed schedule on Thursday, October 23, for their trip to the Italian holy state. Both Charles, 76, and Camilla, 78, were all...
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King Charles III and Queen Camilla take historic photo with Pope Leo at the Vatican
King Charles and Queen Camilla have made history. The monarchs completed a state visit to Vatican City, marking the first time that a British King prays in public alongside the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV. Another striking detail was...
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Vatican will return dozens of artifacts to Indigenous groups in Canada as part of reconciliation
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King Charles, Pope Leo pray together in a 500-year first in Vatican’s Sistine Chapel
VATICAN CITY – Britain’s King Charles and Pope Leo prayed together in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel on Oct 23, in the first joint worship including an English monarch and a Catholic pontiff since King Henry VIII broke away from Rome in 1534. Latin...
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King Charles and Pope Leo Pray Together in Historic Vatican Service
Britain’s King Charles III and Pope Leo XIV prayed together in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel on Thursday, October 23, marking the first joint worship between an English monarch and a Catholic pontiff since King Henry VIII broke away from Rome in...
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Vatican returning dozens of artifacts to Indigenous groups
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Queen Camilla Wears Queen Elizabeth’s "Sentimental" $53,000 Brooch to Vatican
King Charles and Queen Camilla made history with their visit to the Vatican on Thursday, October 23, with The King becoming the first British monarch to pray with a pope in 500 years. Their Majesties met with Pope Leo for the first time during...
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Vatican: Peter ToRot is Papua New Guinea and Melanesia's first saint
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Papua New Guinea has its first-ever Catholic saint, after local martyr Peter ToRot was canonised by Pope Leo XIV in a landmark ceremony in St Peter’s Square on Monday, the Vatican has announced. Canonised alongside six others before a crowd of...
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King Charles ends triumphant Vatican visit but Prince Andrew problem is far from over
The King’s historic visit to the Vatican was truly unprecedented. The outpouring of love for the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, in an overwhelmingly Catholic country, was something that would have been unheard of even 50 years ago. For...
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Vatican: Israeli actions against Christians in West Bank cannot be justified
The Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, has condemned the behaviour of Israeli settlers towards Christians in the West Bank, describing the situation as “absolutely unacceptable.” According to Vatican News, Parolin made...
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Why Queen Camilla chose outfit that raised eyebrows during Vatican visit
King Charles and Queen Camilla made history on Thursday as they joined Pope Leo in prayer at the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. It was the first time an English monarch and a Catholic pontiff worshipped together since King Henry VIII’s break from Rome...
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‘Message in a bottle’: Missionary priest in India says communication from Vatican to Hindus needs improvement
A foreign missions priest who has served in India since 2012 spoke with UCA News in an Oct. 20 interview about the Vatican’s most recent message to Hindus celebrating Diwali, saying that the Vatican’s present approach to communication to Hindus is...
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King Charles III prays Midday Prayer with Pope Leo at the Vatican
A historic occasion occurred Oct. 23 when the King and Queen of England prayed alongside the Pope in the Sistine Chapel. King Charles III and Queen Camilla joined Pope Leo XIV to pray Midday Prayer, which included a Gospel reading, hymns, and...
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Why does the Vatican want to talk to Lukashenka? Cardinal Gugerotti returns to Belarus
The Vatican representative who urged Metropolitan Kondrusiewicz to return to Belarus may meet with Lukashenka again. Now he can speak about political prisoners from vulnerable groups and the "re-registration" of religious institutions, according...
King Charles and Pope Leo XIV pray together in historic Vatican service
The state visit to the Holy See, the government of the Roman Catholic Church in the Vatican, is understood to be deeply significant for the King personally and coincides with the Papal Jubilee held every 25 years. The King and Queen arrived at the...
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King Charles and Pope Leo pray together inside Sistine Chapel during historic Vatican state visit
By JAMIE BULLEN, LIVE COVERAGE EDITOR and REBECCA ENGLISH, ROYAL EDITOR and SAM CHISHOLM Updated: 09:44 EDT, 23 October 2025 King Charles today made history by praying alongside Pope Leo in the Sistine Chapel during a historic state visit to the...
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King Charles, Pope Leo pray together in a 500-year first in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel
Britain’s King Charles and Pope Leo have prayed together in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, in the first joint worship including an English monarch and a Catholic pontiff since King Henry VIII broke away from Rome in 1534. Latin chants and English...
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King Charles and Pope Leo meet at the Vatican
The King and the Pope have met at the Vatican. Charles III was welcomed by Leo XIV in an historic meeting at the Holy See. King Charles, along with Queen Camilla, is making an historic State Visit to the Vatican to mark the Catholic Church’s...
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