King Charles ought to abdicate if he prays with the Pope, says Kyle Paisley

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King Charles ought to abdicate if he goes forward with plans to hope with Pope Leo XIV throughout a church service in Rome, a reverend and son of Democratic Unionist Get together (DUP) founder Ian Paisley has stated.

Reverend Kyle Paisley stated the King wouldn't be "true to his oath", through which he vowed to uphold the Protestant religion, if he joined the Pope in prayer on the occasion within the Vatican's Sistine Chapel.

The King would change into the primary reigning English monarch to hope publicly with a pope since Henry VIII.

The service, on 22 and 23 October, will convey collectively members from each the Roman Catholic church and the Church of England, of which the King is supreme governor.

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Speaking to BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme on Wednesday , Mr Paisley stated the King ought to "uphold the protestant religion" and in praying with the Pope he's "breaking his oath" and "not upholding his promise to defend a reformed religion when he mixes in that sort of approach".

When requested if he thinks the King ought to abdicate if he goes forward with the go to, he replied: "Sure, as a result of I do not suppose he's being true to his oath."

"The Protestant religion traditionally and theologically is a world aside from Catholicism," added Mr Paisley.

"I do not for the lifetime of me see how he can have interaction in that sort of company worship.

"It gives the look that it is not primarily totally different," he added.

The go to can be seen as an essential image of reconciliation, in a visit that will even see the primary assembly between the King and the brand new US-born Pope Leo XIV.

The King and Queen will meet the Pope and senior Vatican officers and there can be a particular ecumenical service, bringing collectively Catholic and Anglican traditions, which can see the King and Pope praying collectively.

The service within the Sistine Chapel can be centered on defending nature, in recognition of the King's enthusiastic help of environmental causes.

It additionally goals to indicate concord between the 2 non secular denominations, with the Sistine Chapel Choir singing alongside the Choir of St George's Chapel and the Choir of His Majesty's Chapel Royal.

The Paisleys and the Pope

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Mr Paisley's father, Ian Paisley, was a former Northern Eire first minister who based the DUP, now Northern Eire's largest unionist occasion, in 1971.

Nevertheless, earlier than his profession in politics was his life in faith - he grew to become a spiritual minister as a younger man and went on to discovered the Free Presbyterian Church.