The King and the Pope Pray Together

During a visit to the Vatican last week, King Charles prayed with Pope Leo—“a first for the leaders of the Church of England and Catholic Church” (BBC, October 23, 2025). King Charles is technically the supreme governor of the Church of England—a church that broke away from the Roman church during the rule of King Henry VIII. Following their prayer, the King and the Pope exchanged gifts. Some are hailing this prayer meeting as “a great step forward in unity” for the Anglican and Catholic faiths (BBC, October 23, 2025). Could this mark the beginning of the return of a daughter to her Catholic mother (Isaiah 47:1–9; Revelation 17:5)?

While many Protestants see themselves as completely separate from the Roman Catholic Church, most of Catholicism’s core doctrines were brought over by Martin Luther, the admittedly very Catholic father of the Protestant Reformation. History clearly shows that Protestantism did not change or revise most Catholic doctrines—rather, it adopted them in one form or another as its own. The Anglican Church is no different. In fact, the Apostle John refers to the end-time Roman Catholic Church as the “mother” of churches that similarly teach false and pagan religious ideas (Revelation 17:1–6).

King Charles’ meeting with the Pope could help pave the way for some of the Protestant daughters of the Roman Catholic Church to come home to their spiritual mother. Time will tell. You can learn more about the true relationship between the Catholic and Protestant churches by reading or listening to Satan’s Counterfeit Christianity and “The Truth About the Protestant Reformation (Part 1).”