King Charles praying that visit to see Pope will go ahead
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King Charles praying that visit to see Pope will go ahead

Hindustan Times  

LONDON, - Britain's King Charles is still hoping to see Pope Francis during a state visit to the Vatican and Italy next month, a Buckingham Palace source said on Tuesday, more than a month after the pontiff went into hospital. King Charles praying that visit to see Pope will go ahead In February, the palace said Charles and his wife Queen Camilla would travel to Rome in April and the couple would meet the 88-year-old pope, but days later Francis was taken to hospital with a severe respiratory infection. Royal officials expressed their "hopes and prayers that Pope Francis' health will enable the visit to go ahead", sentiments that Charles and Camilla shared, a palace source said. Charles and Camilla's Italian agenda includes audiences with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and an address to the joint houses of parliament, in a first for a British monarch.

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