{"id":2111477,"date":"2025-10-23T22:48:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T22:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2111477"},"modified":"2025-10-23T22:48:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T22:48:38","slug":"king-charles-and-pope-exchange-gifts-and-pray-together-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/king-charles-and-pope-exchange-gifts-and-pray-together-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles and Pope exchange gifts and pray together for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"asset:9b50259e-671a-4690-bbe9-8e1bb54146cc\">\n<header class=\"ssrcss-1p40248-Header e14e9ror5\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1de7kuz-HeadingContainer e14e9ror1\"><\/p>\n<h3 type=\"normal\" class=\"ssrcss-ad2rmd-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-189b1h2-HeadlineWrap e14e9ror2\"><span>A symbolic moment of joining up the dots of history<\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-etauer-ServerSideTime e14e9ror0\"><span data-testid=\"timestamp\" class=\"ssrcss-umer6k-Timestamp ekpio9q4\"><span data-testid=\"accessible-timestamp\" class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">published at 13:41 BST<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ssrcss-crgz56-Time ekpio9q2\">13:41 BST<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/header>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-8kvzjk-Contributor etflsgg2\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1gp5o89-ImageWrapper etflsgg1\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1105681-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><\/span><\/span><span><strong>Sean Coughlan<\/strong><br \/>Royal correspondent, reporting from the Vatican<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We\u2019re inside the Basilica of St Paul\u2019s Outside the Walls and<br \/>\nit is absolutely massive, even by the standards of churches in Rome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It\u2019s named after St Paul, the apostle who is buried here,<br \/>\nunder the altar, with steps leading down to the tomb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Further back in the church there\u2019s a gorgeous golden mosaic<br \/>\nceiling above an elaborately decorated stone seat. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Beside that is another special seat that\u2019s been made for the<br \/>\nKing\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Before the Reformation, this was once a church with a<br \/>\nparticular connection to the English monarchy, back to the Saxons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">So, this is a symbolic moment of joining up the dots of<br \/>\nhistory.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.bbc.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A symbolic moment of joining up the dots of historypublished at 13:41 BST 13:41 BST Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondent, reporting from the Vatican We\u2019re inside the Basilica of St Paul\u2019s Outside the Walls and it is absolutely massive, even by the standards of churches in Rome. 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