Pope Leo XIV accompanies Britain’s King Charles III to the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace at
the Vatican at the end of their visit October 23, 2025. Photo: CNS /Pablo Esparza. Describing Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III praying together in the Sistine Chapel as “a thrilling sign of transformation,” Bishop Niall Coll of Ossory said the moment underlined how far relations between Christian traditions have come since Vatican II. “It’s not that both traditions have reached consensus on all matters,” he told The Irish…
