King makes history by praying with Pope

Global News Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Documentary

4.2 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

King Charles becomes the first head of the Church of England to publicly pray with the Pope, five centuries after King Henry VIII broke with Rome. The British monarch joined the head of the Catholic Church for a service in the Sistine Chapel, in a powerful symbol of unity.

Also: the European Union joins the US in announcing new economic sanctions on Russia over war in Ukraine as President Zelensky holds talks in Brussels with EU leaders. A court in Northern Ireland has acquitted a British soldier of killing unarmed civilians on Bloody Sunday in 1972. The metabolic ceiling that limits calories burnt during exercise by endurance athletes. And the café owner trying to make his customers connect - by locking away their phones.

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0:48.3	Five centuries after Henry VIII broke with Rome,
0:51.8	King Charles formally ends the rift by praying alongside the Pope.
0:56.4	The EU joins the US in announcing new economic sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine.
1:02.4	And a court in Northern Ireland acquits a British soldier of killing unarmed civilians on Bloody Sunday in 1972.
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