Published on 17.09.2022
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United Kingdom » The new King Charles III has repeatedly shown his sympathy for the Catholic Church.
Very sensitive to religious and spiritual themes, King Charles III was received on several occasions in Rome. On April 29, 1985, accompanied by Princess Diana, he met John Paul II. Twenty years later, he represented the British royal family at their funeral. He was then received by Benedict XVI on April 27, 2009, with Camilla. A few months before the Copenhagen Climate Summit, the defense of the environment is at the center of the discussion, as well as the promotion of interreligious dialogue.
The heir to the British Crown has met Pope Francis twice. On April 4, 2017, he offered her products from his organic farm. The pope, for his part, gave him a bronze statue of an olive branch, telling him, “Wherever you go, may you be seen as a man of peace.”
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