Overview
- Vatican Media broadcast a 30‑minute service in the Sistine Chapel that blended Catholic and Anglican liturgy with a focus on care for creation.
- Before the ceremony, Charles and Queen Camilla met Leo XIV in a private audience lasting about 45–50 minutes, with Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell serving as the senior Anglican cleric at the rite.
- Following the prayer, the Pope and the King moved to the Sala Regia to engage climate and business leaders connected to Charles’s Sustainable Markets Initiative.
- At St Paul Outside the Walls, Charles was installed as Royal Confrater and received a permanent seat bearing his arms, while Leo XIV accepted honorary membership of Windsor’s St George’s Chapel and the parties exchanged Vatican honors including the Order of Pius IX.
- Coverage notes the symbolic diplomacy comes as the monarchy seeks to emphasize its institutional role during ongoing scrutiny related to Prince Andrew.