Henry VIII was brought up as a devout Catholic. In the early years of his reign he attended mass five times a day and his most trusted adviser was the head of the Catholic Church in England ...

Support came from the Catholic Church endorsing his authority. When Henry VIII came to power upon his father’s death in 1509, he was 18, and his first act was to marry Catherine of Aragon.

Henry VIII even commissioned a Bible in response, the Great Bible of 1539. When Mary I ascended to the throne of England, she restored the Roman Catholic Church (Henry VIII had split away from it ...

The King and Queen are still planning to meet Pope Francis in the Vatican when they travel to Italy next month despite the ...