You're listening to the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.
Hello, I'm Oliver Conway.
We're recording this at 15 hours GMT on Thursday, the 23rd of October.
Five centuries after Henry VIII broke with Rome,
King Charles formally ends the rift by praying alongside the Pope.
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And a court in Northern Ireland acquits a British soldier of killing unarmed civilians on Bloody Sunday in 1972.
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Nearly 500 years ago, Henry VIII of England broke with the Roman Catholic Church,
triggering centuries of religious strife in his kingdom.
Today, his distant successor has signalled that that rift is well and truly over.
King Charles III, head of the Church of England, went to Rome to pray with the Pope.
O God, make speed to save us.
You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power.
The service in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican focused on conservation and protection for the environment,
a cause long championed by King Charles.