Britain’s King Charles III is making history at the Vatican as he meets Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first head of the Church of England in five centuries to pray publicly with a pontiff. The 76-year-old monarch,

The King has arrived at the Vatican to meet Pope Leo XIV as they prepare to end a 500-year-old religious divide by praying together.

The service was a sign of markedly improved relations between the Anglican and Catholic denominations as well as the eagerness of King Charles III to be viewed as an ecumenical leader.