In a moment that brought together centuries of divided faith, King Charles III became the first head of the Church of England to pray alongside a Pope since the Reformation. The historic meeting took place Thursday at The Vatican, where the British monarch and Queen Camilla joined Pope Leo XIV for an emotional ecumenical service.

The supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church joined with the British monarch for a joint prayer in the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, breaking an ecumenical barrier that has existed for approximately 500 years.

King Charles and Queen Camilla are in Vatican City for a historic two-day State Visit. The visit is postponed from April, when during their State Visit to Italy, they made a personal trip to Vatican City to visit an ailing Pope Francis, with whom they met briefly a few weeks before his death.