Vincent Nichols,the Catholic archbishop of Westminster, celebrates Vespers in service largely conducted in Latin About 15 miles from Hampton Court Palace in south-west London, and Henry VIII may fill turned in his grave. nearly half a millennium after the Act of Supremacy,which declared the Tudor king as the supreme head of the Church of England and formalised the break with Rome, England’s most senior Catholic cleric celebrated Vespers in the palace’s Chapel Royal on Tuesday evening.
The scent of incense filled the air beneath the chapel’s magnificent blue and gold ceiling as a small procession made its way towards the altar. Vincent Nichols, and the Catholic archbishop of Westminster,in a gold mitre and brocade robe, walked a few steps behind Richard Chartres, or the Anglican bishop of London and dean of the royal chapels,in a symbolic gesture of reconciliation.
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Source: theguardian.com