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Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III meet before their prayer together in the Sistine Chapel during a historic meeting at the Vatican on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. / Credit: Vatican MediaDublin, Ireland, Oct 23, 2025 / 18:04 pm (CNA).King Charles III has acted contrary to the oath made at his coronation and should now "let someone else take his place, who is a true Protestant and who will take their vows seriously," a prominent Free Presbyterian minister from Northern Ireland said after the king prayed with Pope Leo XIV on Thursday in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican.Rev. Kyle Paisley, the son of firebrand Democratic Unionist Party founder Ian Paisley, made the statements in a letter to Newspapers in Northern Ireland and subsequently in an interview on BBC Radio as well as other media outlets. In the Sistine Chapel prayer service, King Charles, the supreme governor of the Church of England, accompanied by Queen Camilla, sat at Pope Leo's left-hand side as the pope and Anglican...

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A color guard stands at attention as Eliza Monroe Hay's remains are carried for reinterment at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Payne/CNARichmond, Virginia, Oct 23, 2025 / 17:04 pm (CNA).Nearly two centuries after her death, the daughter of American Founding Father James Monroe has been laid to rest in Richmond, Virginia, joining her family's historic burial plot in the city's famed Hollywood Cemetery. The Diocese of Richmond held Eliza Monroe Hay's reinterment at the top of Hollywood Cemetery overlooking the James River on Oct. 23. Hay, who died in 1840, converted to Catholicism several years before her death. Pallbearers prepare the casket of Eliza Monroe Hay during her reinterment at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. Credit: Daniel Payne/CNAState Sen. Bryce Reeves, who worked with the Eliza Project to repatriate Hay's remains, said she was "far more than the daughter of a pres...

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Pope Leo XIV addresses the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre at the Vatican on Oct. 23, 2025. / Credit: Vatican MediaACI Prensa Staff, Oct 23, 2025 / 17:34 pm (CNA).In an audience with the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Pope Leo XIV thanked them for their humble service to the communities of the Holy Land, where they are called to bear witness "that life conquers death."At the beginning of his address, the pope recalled the mission with which the order was established in 1098: to protect the Holy Sepulchre, care for pilgrims, and sustain the Church of Jerusalem.The Holy Father thanked the members of the order present for continuing the work they do "with the humility, dedication, and spirit of sacrifice that characterize chivalric orders," especially for their witness and solidarity with the Christians of the Holy Land.In particular, the pontiff emphasized that even today they help the communities of the Holy Land "without any fanfare or seeking publicity" and support th...