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A Roman Catholic service will be held on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at Hampton Court Palace. It will be the first Roman Catholic service held there in almost 500 years since Henry VIII threatened to break Great Britain's ties with the Church in 1530. It is also the venue from which Henry VII made his threat against the papacy, a threat which, ultimately, led to changing the official religion of Great Britain from Roman Catholic to Anglican.
In recent years the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches have moved to end divisiveness between them. It is no longer against the law for a British monarch to be married to a Roman Catholic, although, since the days of the Stuart kings, it is still illegal for the monarch to be a Roman Catholic himself.
Here is a link to an article in, "The New York Times"...http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/world/europe/hampton-court-henry-catholic.html?_r=0
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In recent years the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches have moved to end divisiveness between them. It is no longer against the law for a British monarch to be married to a Roman Catholic, although, since the days of the Stuart kings, it is still illegal for the monarch to be a Roman Catholic himself.
Here is a link to an article in, "The New York Times"...http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/world/europe/hampton-court-henry-catholic.html?_r=0
AGBF