King Charles III and Queen Camilla will meet Pope Leo XIV when they visit the Vatican in October, the Christian Today website reports today (Sept. 28, 2025).
The original state visit was supposed to take place in April with Pope Leo's predecessor. the late Pope Francis.
It was postponed due to Francis' ill health, although thy paid a brief visit to him at the Casa Santa Marta, a guesthouse in the Vatican where he had been convalescing at the time. He died just a few weeks later.
The rescheduled visit will take place under the theme of "pilgrims of hope,"and falls within the Jubilee year being marked by the Catholic Church worldwide this year.
King Charles, whose titles include Supreme Governor of the Church of England, has been an advocate of positive inter--faith relations and was among the guests at the canonization of Cardinal Newman in Rome in 2019.
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